# Fractures at Erie VA Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2015020710` · 2/23/2015 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Erie VA Medical Center
- **Location:** 135 East 38th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16504
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee's feet became entangled in computer wires underneath her workstation. She tripped and fell as she attempted to get up from her chair, resulting in a fractured left arm.

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