# Fractures at U. S. Department of the Air Force
> OSHA SIR `2024031981` · 3/4/2024 · ROBINS AFB, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs, single-person seating
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Department of the Air Force
- **Location:** Bldg 640, Robins Parkway, ROBINS AFB, GEORGIA, 31098
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in a chair when it collapsed and he fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

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