# Fractures at Rhode Island Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2022010637` · 1/21/2022 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhode Island Hospital
- **Location:** 593 Eddy Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02903
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a loading dock area, moving a laundry cart down a ramp, when he fell backward over the railing onto the pavement below. He landed on his back and hit his head on the asphalt. He suffered broken vertebrae and was hospitalized.

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