# Fractures at DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `20201110402` · 11/3/2020 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 2300 NORTH EDWARD, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 3, 2020, an employee was performing a mammogram on a patient. The patient went limp and passed out while clamped in the mammogram machine. When compression of the machine was released, the employee helped guide the patient's fall to the ground. The employee landed on the floor with the patient on top of them and suffered a fractured left ankle and tibia.

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