# Fractures at Mass General Brigham Home Care, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043136` · 4/3/2025 · FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ramps, inclines
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Mass General Brigham Home Care, Inc.
- **Location:** 123, FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01701
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a wet metal wheelchair ramp at a patient's home. She slipped, fell, and suffered a broken lower back vertebra. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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