# Fractures at U.S. Department of Defense
> OSHA SIR `2022031908` · 3/1/2022 · BETHESDA, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Defense
- **Location:** 9500 MacArthur Blvd, BETHESDA, MARYLAND, 20817
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was driving a car. A steel barricade activated below the car and smashed into it. The employee suffered a cracked sternum.

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