# Fractures at ResCare Community Living
> OSHA SIR `2022119568` · 11/1/2022 · HILLSBORO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Patient hoists, lifting harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** ResCare Community Living
- **Location:** 131 Willetsville Pike, HILLSBORO, OHIO, 45133
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a patient lift sling to help a resident into the shower. The strap of the sling was on the ground and the employee's foot became tangled in the strap, resulting in a fall against the patient lift. The employee sustained bilateral leg fractures.

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