# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2025010201` · 1/7/2025 · HINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **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:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
- **Location:** 5000 S. 5th Avenue, HINES, ILLINOIS, 60141
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving the hospital building when she lost footing on the icy sidewalk and fell, striking the back of her head and her tailbone on the concrete.

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