# Fractures at Northern Light Health
> OSHA SIR `2024099073` · 9/28/2024 · BANGOR, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Light Health
- **Location:** 489 State Street, BANGOR, MAINE, 04401
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A nurse was interacting with a patient in the diagnostic evaluation area of the emergency department when the patient pushed the nurse to the floor. The nurse sustained a hip fracture that required surgery.

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