# Fractures at Hospice of Western Reserve/Hospice of Medina County
> OSHA SIR `2018055149` · 5/25/2018 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over self
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hospice of Western Reserve/Hospice of Medina County
- **Location:** 50755 Windfall Road, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A nursing assistant had just moved a patient. She stepped away and to the side, tripped, and fell. She sustained fractures to her left radius and ulna (the radial fracture requiring surgery), as well as her left tibia/patella.

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