# Fractures at Doylestown Health
> OSHA SIR `2024087847` · 8/25/2024 · DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Doylestown Health
- **Location:** 595 West State Street, DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18901
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been investigating a smoke detector. While leaving the room, he missed a step down and fell to the floor. He struck his head and fractured his right hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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