# Fractures at Emory Hillandale Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2023010437` · 1/14/2023 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Emory Hillandale Hospital
- **Location:** 2801 Dekalb Medical Parkway, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to restrain a patient in the emergency department when they tripped over a stretcher and sustained a hip and knee fracture.

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