# Fractures at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20241211502` · 12/12/2024 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Movable floor coverings  not attached
## Employer
- **Name:** Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
- **Location:** 575 North River Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a nurse care for a patient when he tripped on a fall mat near the patient's bed and fell. The employee sustained a displaced fracture and a non-displaced fracture in his left arm.

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