# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northern Indiana Health Care System
> OSHA SIR `2018076796` · 7/7/2018 · FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northern Indiana Health Care System
- **Location:** 2121 Lake Avenue, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, 46805
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While stripping and waxing the floor in a hospital, an employee slipped and fell on the wet floor, breaking ribs on the right side.

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