# Fractures at SSM Health Care
> OSHA SIR `20201211967` · 12/23/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** SSM Health Care
- **Location:** 1015 Corporate Sq, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped and fell on a restroom floor slip carpet, hitting a door frame and suffering a broken lower-back vertebra.

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