# Fractures at A Caring Doctor
> OSHA SIR `2025088019` · 8/13/2025 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** A Caring Doctor
- **Location:** 4451 Lemay Ferry Rd,, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the leash for a large dog. The dog panicked and pulled on the leash, causing the employee to fall forward to the ground. She suffered a broken kneecap and was hospitalized.

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