# Fractures at Fairfield Medical Center, Fairfield Hospital, Fairfield Medical CTR PR
> OSHA SIR `2024087482` · 8/14/2024 · LANCASTER, OHIO
## 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:** Wheelchairs, mobility devices  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fairfield Medical Center, Fairfield Hospital, Fairfield Medical CTR PR
- **Location:** 401 N. Ewing St., LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting together their cleaning cart and was pulling the cart backward around a corner when they tripped over a wheelchair that was against the wall. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a fractured left hip requiring hospitalization.

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