# Fractures at Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032379` · 3/17/2024 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
- **Location:** 3100 MacCorkle Avenue SE, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25304
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to a patient room with a meal tray when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground, fracturing their left femur.

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