# Fractures at University of Pennsylvania Health System
> OSHA SIR `2017032484` · 3/17/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** University of Pennsylvania Health System
- **Location:** Cupp Lobby, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, 39th and Market Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19104
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in the facility when her left heel slipped out from under her and she fell fracturing the L2 vertebra.

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