# Fractures at Center For Disease Control & Prevention
> OSHA SIR `2019021944` · 2/21/2019 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Center For Disease Control & Prevention
- **Location:** 1600 Clifton Road, Bldg 17 Parking Deck, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30329
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring from their wheelchair into their car, slipped and fell. The employee suffered a bilateral fractured elbow, a broken nose and a cut on the nose.

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