# Fractures and dislocations at Texas Health Resources
> OSHA SIR `2023054643` · 5/24/2023 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Health Resources
- **Location:** 800 W. Randol Mill Road, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76012
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 24, 2023, an employee was in a patient's room providing respiratory therapy. The employee tripped between an IV pump and a vital signs machine, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken right tibia and a dislocated patella.

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