# Fractures and dislocations at Tifton Regional Health System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109738` · 10/22/2023 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Tifton Regional Health System, Inc.
- **Location:** 901 East 18th Street, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a patient with a labor and delivery technique that requires both the patient and employee to hold onto separate ends of a sheet or towel. The patient lost hold of the sheet, causing the employee to fall backward to the floor, resulting in a displaced tailbone and two vertebral fractures.

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