# Fractures at GULF COAST VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
> OSHA SIR `2023010031` · 1/2/2023 · BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** GULF COAST VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
- **Location:** 400 VETERANS BLVD., BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, 39531
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were delivering a fully loaded food cart to a hospital. While lowering the electric lift on the back of the delivery vehicle, the cart shifted and began to fall off the lift. The injured employee tried to stop the cart from falling but it fell on the employee resulting in a broken femur requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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