# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2023087874` · 8/25/2023 · WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 163 Veterans Dr., WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT, 05009
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart when they stopped to assist someone. As they turned around, they fell backward down the stairs with a box and hand truck landing on top of him. The employee was hospitalized and sustained rib fractures, a hematoma, and a compression fracture/spinal injury.

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