# Fractures at Fairfield University
> OSHA SIR `2020098860` · 9/18/2020 · FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Embankments
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fairfield University
- **Location:** 1073 N. Benson Rd, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06824
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While returning to their patrol vehicle after dark, an officer slipped and fell down an embankment in the woods fracturing three ribs.

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