# Fractures at Rhode Island Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2025021294` · 2/10/2025 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers or barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhode Island Hospital
- **Location:** 593 Eddy Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02903
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to her car in the parking lot. As she stepped over a chain separating the public parking lot and the employer parking lot, she tripped and suffered a fractured right ankle.

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