# Fractures at Guardian Elder Care
> OSHA SIR `2024043665` · 4/26/2024 · OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Guardian Elder Care
- **Location:** 1293 Grandview RD, OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16301
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and other staff members were trying to help a patient get up off the floor. The patient shifted their weight and then the employee tripped over the patient and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

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