# Fractures at MERCY HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS
> OSHA SIR `20241110576` · 11/13/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** MERCY HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS
- **Location:** 615 South New Ballas Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63141
- **NAICS:** 621491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through the department when she tripped and fell over the corner of a pallet. She landed on her right side and sustained a right nondisplaced humerus fracture and multiple nondisplaced rib fractures, resulting in hospitalization.

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