# Fractures at Sheridan County Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2020021110` · 2/3/2020 · HOXIE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Sheridan County Hospital
- **Location:** 123 tbd, HOXIE, KANSAS, 67740
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving a client's home after delivering food. While stepping down in the icy conditions, the employee fell from the porch to the ground and suffered compound fractures to her left leg. She was hospitalized.

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