# Damage to replaced joints at Gundersen Health Systems
> OSHA SIR `2025055073` · 5/29/2025 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Damage to replaced joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Gundersen Health Systems
- **Location:** 1900 South Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
- **NAICS:** 621498
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee collected rags in a housekeeping closet. They were finishing up their shift and traversing to a locker room with a wheeled garbage cart. The employee fell to the floor and struck their right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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