# Fractures at Centers for Disease Control
> OSHA SIR `2020021122` · 2/4/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Centers for Disease Control
- **Location:** 1600 Clifton Road, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30333
- **NAICS:** 923120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down the stairs when she missed the last step and fell to the ground, breaking her right femur and requiring hospitalization.

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