# Fractures at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025055148` · 5/31/2025 · EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- **Location:** 59 Route 10, EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY, 07936
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had parked in the parking lot and was walking into the building to start working for the day. It was raining outside. After entering the building, the employee stepped off a weather mat and slipped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

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