# Fractures at Mitre Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023032788` · 3/29/2023 · ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Mitre Corporation
- **Location:** 2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Road, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, 22202
- **NAICS:** 541710
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was departing an airport gate area after walking out of a plane when they tripped on the seam of an unlevel carpet. The employee fell forward to the floor and sustained a fractured right shoulder/arm, right knee pain, a hip injury, and facial lacerations.

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