# Fractures at Villanova University
> OSHA SIR `2017065766` · 6/23/2017 · VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Villanova University
- **Location:** 800 Lancaster Avenue, VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19085
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on and dismantling a mobile scaffold when the scaffold tipped over and the employee fell to the floor, breaking an elbow and femur. The employee was hospitalized.

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