# Fractures at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2024043437` · 4/19/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
- **Location:** 2010 Birmingham Medical Center Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 621112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draping a patient in the cardiac catheterization lab when he tripped over the x-ray paddle cable and fell to the floor, fracturing his right hip.

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