# Fractures at Trustees of Tufts College
> OSHA SIR `20181112151` · 11/29/2018 · GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Trustees of Tufts College
- **Location:** 200 WESTBORO RD., GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01536
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into work from the parking lot to start her shift. She slipped on ice and fell in the lot; her left patella was fractured into multiple pieces. She was hospitalized.

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