# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2020087706` · 8/14/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Protective equipment, except clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- **Location:** 541 N. Fairbanks, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60611
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to a nurse's station when she slipped on a cotton bandage and fell. She suffered a thoracic spine injury.

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