# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Holy Family Hospital, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025076983` · 7/18/2025 · METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical machinery, equipment  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Holy Family Hospital, Inc
- **Location:** 70 East Street, METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01844
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped over medical equipment and fell to the floor, resulting in lacerations to the right elbow and chest wall, a fractured rib on the right side, a lung hernia, and a brain bleed in the frontal lobe. The employee was hospitalized.

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