# Fractures at Advocate Health Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015010549` · 1/16/2015 · HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** Advocate Health Systems
- **Location:** 17800 S. Kedzie Ave, HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS, 60429
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on 1/16/15, an employee leaving work outside the building stepped down from the curb and broke her leg in two places. The employee was taken to the hospital where she had emergency surgery. The employee was released two days later on 1/18/15.

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