# Fractures at Veterans Health Administration Puget Sound Health Care System
> OSHA SIR `2023054671` · 5/29/2023 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterans Health Administration Puget Sound Health Care System
- **Location:** 4570 Texas Way W, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98199
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a riding lawn mower to mow the grass when the mower flipped over, ejecting the employee and pinning them underneath. The employee sustained fractures to the left ribs, shoulder, and arm.

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