# Fractures at Carnegie Mellon University
> OSHA SIR `2018065792` · 6/13/2018 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carnegie Mellon University
- **Location:** 5000 Forbes Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15213
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a stool retrieving a book. The employee lost balance and fell to the floor fracturing a femur.

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