# Fractures at Carnegie Mellon University
> OSHA SIR `2025054792` · 5/21/2025 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carnegie Mellon University
- **Location:** Baker and Porter Halls, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15213
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down the stairs from the second floor to the first floor when she lost her balance and fell down the stairs. The employee sustained broken ribs.

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