# Fractures at Rhode Island Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017087403` · 8/3/2017 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhode Island Hospital
- **Location:** 593 Eddy Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02903
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was crossing from one building to another through a glass-enclosed walkway when she slipped and fell to the ground, breaking her right hip and requiring surgery.

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