# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2025065980` · 6/23/2025 · DES MOINES, IOWA
## 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:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 3600 30TH STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA, 50310
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking around chairs when they slipped/tripped and fell, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured hip.

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