# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2019055347` · 5/28/2019 · BAY PINES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple foot (feet) locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., BAY PINES, FLORIDA, 33744
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 4-foot elevated platform at a loading dock when the employee fell from the platform. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left heel and a shattered left foot. The chains on the platform were not up at the time of the incident.

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