# Fractures at MERCY HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2017021185` · 2/7/2017 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Luggage, handbags, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MERCY HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 100 MERCY WAY, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While getting up from a work station, an employee tripped over a personal bag that was sitting next to the work station. The employee fell to the floor and fractured the left hip.

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