# Fractures at POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076746` · 7/26/2023 · POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **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:** POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL LLC
- **Location:** 1600 E HIGH ST, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19464
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee washed her hands in a sink. As she backed away from the sink, the employee tripped over the leg of a patient lift and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a possible brain hematoma and a fractured coccyx.

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