# Fractures at Dept. of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2022109416` · 10/26/2022 · MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 3400 LEBANON PIKE, MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE, 37129
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On October 26, 2022, an employee was leading a game of balloon volleyball in a hospital dayroom. She was sitting when she fell from a dining room chair to the floor and suffered a broken hip. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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