# Fractures at Shannon Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2018099428` · 9/12/2018 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shannon Medical Center
- **Location:** 120 E Harris, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76903
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for an item on a shelf in a storage room when she turned and tripped over the wheel of a portable dialysis machine. She fell to the floor and landed on her left kneecap, breaking it and requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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