# Fractures at West Jefferson Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2024087591` · 8/17/2024 · MARRERO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** West Jefferson Medical Center
- **Location:** 1101 Medical Center Blvd., MARRERO, LOUISIANA, 70072
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped while walking down the stairs and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained compression fractures to vertebrae.

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