# Fractures at Tampa General Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2023010504` · 1/17/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa General Hospital
- **Location:** 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to help a patient on a stretcher get from a helicopter to an emergency room. The employee walked up a ramp to a helipad when he slipped and fell backward, landing on his back and striking his head on the helipad. He then tumbled off the helipad and contacted the safety fence surrounding the helipad. The employee suffered a compression fracture of his L2 vertebra.

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