# Fractures at Northshore Evanston
> OSHA SIR `2024021711` · 2/24/2024 · EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Northshore Evanston
- **Location:** 2650 Ridge Ave., EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60201
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to calm a patient. The patient became aggressive toward her, a security guard intervened, and during the altercation both the patient and the guard fell on the employee. The injured employee suffered a broken tibia.

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