# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Harvard University
> OSHA SIR `2022119903` · 11/10/2022 · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Harvard University
- **Location:** 64 Brattle Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02138
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an A-frame step ladder to set up a stage for a performance. The employee fell approximately five feet off the step ladder onto the floor. The employee sustained a left hip injury requiring surgery.

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