# Fractures at Bon Appetit / Wesleyan University
> OSHA SIR `20191010502` · 10/8/2019 · MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Bon Appetit / Wesleyan University
- **Location:** 45 Wyllys Avenue, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06459
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cleaning and sanitizing a table, an employee was pushing a chair back under the table when his foot became caught under the chair, causing him to fall forward onto the back of the chair. He suffered fractured ribs.

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