# Fractures at Glen Cove Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019077654` · 7/26/2019 · GLEN COVE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Fire extinguishers
## Employer
- **Name:** Glen Cove Hospital
- **Location:** 101 St. Andrews Ln, GLEN COVE, NEW YORK, 11542
- **NAICS:** 622310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the door open for a co-worker when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall and landed on the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken femur.

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