# Fractures at Northwell Health
> OSHA SIR `2024065092` · 6/10/2024 · RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK
## 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:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwell Health
- **Location:** 1 Heroes Way, RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK, 11901
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a portable vitals machine when they tripped over the foot of another employee and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized for surgery.

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