# Fractures at United States Air Force (USAF) Eglin AFB
> OSHA SIR `2024098610` · 9/16/2024 · EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Structural blocks  stone and masonry
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Air Force (USAF) Eglin AFB
- **Location:** 100 Museum Dr., EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching as a delivery driver was getting a pallet through the back door. The employee moved passed the door and tripped over a block of concrete that was being used to hold the door open. She stumbled forward and hit the top of her head against the exterior of the building, resulting in a C5 vertebra fracture.

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