# Fractures at Harvard University
> OSHA SIR `2021108629` · 10/6/2021 · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Harvard University
- **Location:** 45 Quincy Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02141
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a stack of ceramic dishes in a dish room. The employee tripped over a bucket of sanitizer solution, stored on top of an upside-down milk crate. She fell to the floor, suffering a broken right hip and a lacerated right elbow.

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