# Fractures at Texas Christian University
> OSHA SIR `2018055327` · 5/31/2018 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Christian University
- **Location:** 2800 South University Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76129
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a lift changing a lightbulb when the lift tipped over. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to the floor, breaking a rib and the L1 vertebra.

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