# Fractures at BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211964` · 12/31/2024 · PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ramps, inclines
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc.
- **Location:** 889 Columbia Avenue, PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18071
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a ramp to take out trash, slipped on ice, and fell fracturing their right knee cap.

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