# Fractures at Houston Methodist Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024043196` · 4/11/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Houston Methodist Hospital
- **Location:** 6565 Fannin St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped while walking and fell to the ground. She sustained a fracture to her L2 vertebra and was hospitalized.

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