# Cuts, lacerations at Boston University
> OSHA SIR `2023021083` · 2/3/2023 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston University
- **Location:** 300 Babcock Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02215
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking inside a building and missed a step on the main entrance staircase. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a head laceration and an arm injury. The employee was hospitalized.

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