A fracture is a broken bone. Fractured bones happen quite often in auto accidents, slips and falls, and all other accidents. Generally, if liability can be established in a Massachusetts personal injury accident, a fracture is worth more in compensation than a strain or a sprain.

Here are some of the various types of fractures that can occur to a bone, provided courtesy of mamashealth.com:

1. Simple fracture – bone breaks into two pieces;
2. Stress fracture – hairline break that is often invisible on x-ray for the first six weeks after the onset of pain;
3. Comminuted fracture – bone fragments into several pieces;
4. Impacted fracture – one fragment of bone is embedded into another fragment of bone;
5. Compound fracture – bone protrudes through the skin;
6. Complete fracture – bone snaps into two or more pieces;
7. Incomplete fracture – bone cracks but doesn’t separate.