# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2023065075` · 6/8/2023 · LOMA LINDA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
- **Location:** 11201 Benton Street, LOMA LINDA, CALIFORNIA, 92357
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A nurse was tending to a patient when she turned to walk away and her foot got caught in tubing, causing her to fall on her right side. She suffered a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

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