# Fractures at Reading Hospital Tower Health
> OSHA SIR `2024098807` · 9/20/2024 · WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reading Hospital Tower Health
- **Location:** 1320 Broadcasting Road, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a room, tripped, and fell on their left wrist. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left distal radius and ulna and required surgery.

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