Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Start: 7/14/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025076810 · 7/14/2025 · Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hip joint(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level n.e.c.
Source: Other constructed surface
Secondary source: Books, charts, paper materials bound

Employer

Name: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Location: 1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20560
NAICS: 712110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a colleague sort rare books on a table in a library vault. A book started to slip out of it's slip-box. He reached out to catch the book, but lost his balance and fell backward onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown