# Fractures at Presbyterian Senior Living
> OSHA SIR `2024010452` · 1/16/2024 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Presbyterian Senior Living
- **Location:** 1 Kirkland Village Circle, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18017
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in a parking lot when he slipped on ice on a sidewalk and struck his back and head on the ground. The employee fractured their L4 and L5 vertebrae and was hospitalized.

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