# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2021097623` · 9/4/2021 · AUGUSTA, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Beds, mattresses
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 1 VA Center, AUGUSTA, MAINE, 04330
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning a patient's wrist band when her foot was caught in the loop of a bed lift. She tripped and fell to the floor, shattering her elbow and hitting her head.

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