# Fractures at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017087743` · 8/13/2017 · LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mobility scooters-powered
- **Secondary source:** Sinks
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
- **Location:** 660 North Westmorland Road, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60045
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting products away when her scooter struck the edge of a sink and tipped over. She put her foot down as the scooter tipped, and her right foot and ankle were fractured, requiring hospitalization.

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