# Fractures at BOSTON UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2021020897` · 2/1/2021 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Writing, drawing, and art supplies, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 25 Buick Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02215
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a shelf unit from the carpentry shop across the hall to the paint shop when he tripped on a painter's tripod and fell, resulting in a cracked pelvis on his left side.

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