# Fractures at National Institutes of Health
> OSHA SIR `2015010017` · 1/27/2015 · BETHESDA, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Computers and peripheral equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Institutes of Health
- **Location:** 9000 Rockville Pike, BETHESDA, MARYLAND, 20892
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A nurse was backing away from a bed ridden patient and tripped on a portable computer resulting in a fractured vertebrae.

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