# Fractures at Logan Regional Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2016021538` · 2/18/2016 · GLADE SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Passenger van
## Employer
- **Name:** Logan Regional Medical Center
- **Location:** Glade Springs Resort, GLADE SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25832
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 18, 2016, at approximately 9:30 a.m., an employee was exiting a van at a conference meeting when she missed a step, fell, and struck her back on the step. She fractured her L1 vertebra and was hospitalized.

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