# Fractures at U.S. Department of Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2019076825` · 7/8/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Transportation
- **Location:** 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20590
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost consciousness while typing at his desk and fell to the floor. He suffered a fractured shoulder and compression fractures to vertebrae in his back, and was hospitalized.

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