# Fractures at Northern Light Mercy Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2023054760` · 5/30/2023 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Light Mercy Hospital
- **Location:** 175 Fore River Parkway, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04102
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into work when she twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, sustaining a patella fracture.

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