# Fractures at Geisinger Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022021097` · 2/5/2022 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Geisinger Medical Center
- **Location:** 1000 East Mountain Blvd., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 5, 2022, at 11:45 p.m., an employee was cleaning ice from his vehicle in the parking lot. The employee slipped and fell on ice between two vehicles, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*