# Fractures at Mercy Health System
> OSHA SIR `20161211227` · 12/1/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercy Health System
- **Location:** Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19143
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking in a corridor of the hospital, an employee slipped and fell, fracturing her femur. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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