# Fractures at Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2019032453` · 3/6/2019 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Co-worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 2400 Canal Street, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70119
- **NAICS:** 621491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his supervisor were arguing on a loading dock when his supervisor pushed past him. He fell off the dock onto the ground below, suffering a broken hip.

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