# Fractures at Washington University
> OSHA SIR `2022010703` · 1/24/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Washington University
- **Location:** 1044 N. Mason, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63141
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the breakroom sitting next to a stack of chairs. Later, the employee was found on the floor of the breakroom with a stack of chairs on top of them, resulting in a broken hip.

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