# Fractures at Boston University
> OSHA SIR `2017065629` · 6/20/2017 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston University
- **Location:** 685 Commonwealth Avenue, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped onto a buffing machine to reach an object. When she stepped down to the floor, she fractured her right foot.

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