# Fractures at Rhode Island Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019088408` · 8/15/2019 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhode Island Hospital
- **Location:** 593 Eddy Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02903
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Thursday, August 15, an employee was walking from the cafeteria to her office when she tripped, slipped, or fell to the floor.  She broke her right humerus and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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