# Fractures at Steward Health Care System LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015096706` · 9/14/2015 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Steward Health Care System LLC
- **Location:** 795 Middle Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02721
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received a severe compression fracture to his back (L1) while buffing a floor. The employee had been polishing the floors near the end of the shift and felt the sudden onset of severe back pain causing him to fall backwards.

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