# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Admin, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
> OSHA SIR `2019021328` · 2/5/2019 · MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Admin, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- **Location:** ONE VETERANS DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 55417
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On February 5, 2019, at approximately 12:10 a.m., a housekeeping employee was walking in the facility parking lot to their vehicle when the employee slipped on ice and fell, fracturing the right hip.

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