# Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified at U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2025087626` · 8/3/2025 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level and catch oneself
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Medical beds, stretchers, cots
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
- **Location:** 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92161
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking around a patient bed when her left leg slipped on liquid and left her in a splits position. She did not fall, and prevented herself from falling by grabbing the bedside rail. The employee sustained tearing of the anterosuperior labrum, partial tearing and tendinosis at the distal/insertional gluteus minimus tendon, and a strain of the distal iliopsoas muscle/tendon with bursitis adjacent to the lesser trochanter.

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