# Fractures at PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025021750` · 2/23/2025 · JASPER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL INC.
- **Location:** 1266 Highway 515 South, JASPER, GEORGIA, 30143
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was administering medication to a patient in the emergency room when the patient jerked and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

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