# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Edward Hines Junior VA Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2018044187` · 4/27/2018 · HINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ceilings
## Employer
- **Name:** Edward Hines Junior VA Hospital
- **Location:** 5000 S. 5th Avenue, HINES, ILLINOIS, 60141
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning her workstation and organizing her files when a section of the acoustical ceiling (tiles and grid), adjacent light fixtures, and portions of the plaster ceiling above suddenly collapsed due to a prolonged, concealed steam leak that weakened the fastener connections. She sustained a cut to her head, bruise to her head, scratches on her neck, a scratch to her left hand, and irritation to her right hand, requiring hospitalization.

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