# Fractures at South Miami Hospital, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017053969` · 5/2/2017 · SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** South Miami Hospital, Inc.
- **Location:** 6200 SW 73rd Street, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33143
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a cart with cases of water. The employee stepped onto a shelf to reach a case, then slipped and fell off that shelf. The employee suffered a compression fracture in the lower spine.

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