# Fractures at NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, INC
> OSHA SIR `2025055099` · 5/29/2025 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Disinfectants, detergents, soap products
## Employer
- **Name:** NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, INC
- **Location:** 201 LYONS AVENUE, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07112
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a patient room when she slipped on a liquid that had spilled from a container of sanitizer wipes. She fell on the floor and sustained a fractured left patella. The employee was hospitalized.

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