# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Elara Caring
> OSHA SIR `2025087835` · 8/8/2025 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elara Caring
- **Location:** 19 Crown S, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01609
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying two bags of laundry down some steps. She missed a step and tumbled forward, suffering a neck injury. She was hospitalized.

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