# Fractures at Advocate Health Care
> OSHA SIR `2020032230` · 3/9/2020 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advocate Health Care
- **Location:** 1425 N. Randall Rd., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 9, 2020, an employee was walking in the parking lot at the hospital, going into work. The employee was struck on the side by a vehicle which caused her to fall and hit the ground forcibly, resulting in a fracture to the L3 vertebra.

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