# Fractures at US Department of Defense
> OSHA SIR `2016065414` · 6/17/2016 · ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
- **Secondary source:** Plants, trees, vegetation-not processed, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Department of Defense
- **Location:** 4800 Mark Center Drive, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 22311
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a sloped paved path in the downhill direction when she tripped and fell, fracturing her left hip. The path was littered with many small pine cones.

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