# Fractures at Sardis Community Nursing Home, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054615` · 5/11/2018 · SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Patient hoists, lifting harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** Sardis Community Nursing Home, LLC
- **Location:** 613 E. Lee St., SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI, 38666
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a mechanical lift to lift a resident from a bed.  As the resident was being lifted, he started thrashing and the lift tilted. The employees tried to hold the lift and one of them suffered a strained back, while the other was hit by the lift frame and suffered a broken right leg.

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