# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Friendship Village of Columbus
> OSHA SIR `2024087184` · 8/7/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Friendship Village of Columbus
- **Location:** 5800 Forest Hills Blvd., COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43231
- **NAICS:** 623311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a plastic cart to put away clean dishes when they tripped over the bottom of a 3-foot tall industrial fan and fell to the floor on their backside. The fall may have exacerbated a prior back injury, and the employee was hospitalized due to burning and tingling in their legs.

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