# Fractures at UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043496` · 4/15/2025 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Constructed surface irregularity
- **Secondary source:** Health care and orthopedic equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
- **Location:** 119 Belmont Street, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01605
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking when the controlled ankle motion (CAM) boot on their right leg caught the edge of uneven flooring that had recently been repaired with epoxy that had not cured properly. She slipped and fell to the floor, sustaining a fractured right tibial plateau and striking her head on a fire door.

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