# Fractures at New Orleans East Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2022086746` · 8/1/2022 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New Orleans East Hospital
- **Location:** 5620 Read Boulevard, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70127
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to deliver a message to another employee when she slipped on cleaning solution that was on the floor and fell breaking her left knee cap. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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