# Fractures at Veterans' Administration
> OSHA SIR `2020010108` · 1/6/2020 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterans' Administration
- **Location:** 1111 East End Blvd, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18711
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell to a laboratory floor while trying to sit down on a wheeled chair. The employee suffered a broken left hip.

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