# Fractures at Carnegie Mellon University
> OSHA SIR `2015129551` · 12/17/2015 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** Carnegie Mellon University
- **Location:** 10 40th Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15213
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a manual hydraulic pallet jack to elevate and relocate a storage cabinet. A plastic storage bin fell from the cabinet and struck the employee breaking the left leg.

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