# Fractures at MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
> OSHA SIR `2025065970` · 6/23/2025 · BUXTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps
## Employer
- **Name:** MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
- **Location:** 149 Town Farm Rd, BUXTON, MAINE, 04093
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was walking a patient down the stairs when the patient pushed her and she fell down two steps to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with an endplate fracture of her L2 vertebra.

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