# Fractures at Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2015052834` · 5/13/2015 · ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
- **Location:** 2215 Fuller Road, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, 48105
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee talking on a cell phone stepped onto a wooden pallet. Her foot got caught on the pallet, causing her to fall to the ground. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured hip.

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