# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2024098519` · 9/13/2024 · AUGUSTA, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ground
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 1 VA CENTER, AUGUSTA, MAINE, 04330
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying items from their car into their office and fell in the parking lot after stepping on a patch of grass, resulting in a fractured left hip.

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