# Fractures at Abington Hospital Jefferson Health
> OSHA SIR `2017087620` · 8/9/2017 · WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Abington Hospital Jefferson Health
- **Location:** Willowood Building, WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19090
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting at her desk. When she stood up, her feet became tangled in some cords beneath her desk and she fell to the floor on her left shoulder. She suffered a fractured left femur and fractured left humeral head, requiring hospitalization.

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