# Fractures at Saint Matthew School
> OSHA SIR `20181010146` · 10/1/2018 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint Matthew School
- **Location:** 3040 Cottman Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19149
- **NAICS:** 611110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking down steps, an employee fell down two steps to the floor and suffered a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.

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