# Bruises, contusions at Veterans Health Administration, Bedford Health Care System
> OSHA SIR `2022010879` · 1/29/2022 · BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterans Health Administration, Bedford Health Care System
- **Location:** 200 Springs Road, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01730
- **NAICS:** 622210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a skid steer when they slipped on the wet equipment and struck their head and neck on the bucket. The employee sustained contusions to the back of their head.

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