Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Start: 8/25/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087874 · 8/25/2023 · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Stairs, steps, unspecified
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: 163 Veterans Dr., WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT, 05009
NAICS: 923140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart when they stopped to assist someone. As they turned around, they fell backward down the stairs with a box and hand truck landing on top of him. The employee was hospitalized and sustained rib fractures, a hematoma, and a compression fracture/spinal injury.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown