# Fractures at The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `2017021467` · 2/14/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- **Location:** University of Pennsylvania Smilow Center for Translation Research - Smilow 6th Flr, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19104
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting racks of water bottles on a cart when the cart became caught on a drain depression and tipped over, causing the bottles to fall on him. He suffered three broken ribs.

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