# Fractures at VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2020032894` · 3/31/2020 · BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 940 BELMONT STREET, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02301
- **NAICS:** 622210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a chair from the bed of a pickup truck to a loading dock. He stepped into a gap between the tailgate and the loading dock and fell into the truck bed. His right leg was trapped in the gap and broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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