# Fractures at Boston University
> OSHA SIR `2016010032` · 1/4/2016 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston University
- **Location:** 771 Commonwealth Avenue, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped over her shoe lace and fell while walking away from her desk, breaking her leg.

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