# Fractures at Columbia University
> OSHA SIR `2015042429` · 4/28/2015 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Columbia University
- **Location:** 550 West 120th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10027
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A biology teaching assistant slipped and fell fracturing her femur. There was a water leak from the freezer which caused the slip and fall.

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