# Fractures at Elderwood at Lancaster
> OSHA SIR `2024109938` · 10/25/2024 · LANCASTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Elderwood at Lancaster
- **Location:** 1818 Como Park Boulevard, LANCASTER, NEW YORK, 14086
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was gathering forms and got up from his desk. He then dropped paper onto the floor. As he reached for the paper, he slipped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right tibia/fibula requiring surgery.

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