# Fractures at Tower Health Medical Group Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Wyomissing
> OSHA SIR `2024109733` · 10/18/2024 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs, single-person seating
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Tower Health Medical Group Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Wyomissing
- **Location:** 2802 Paper Mill Road, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
- **NAICS:** 621340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing up from a chair and twisted an ankle, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an intertrochanteric fracture of the right femur.

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