# Fractures at Xavier University
> OSHA SIR `2024021319` · 2/12/2024 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Xavier University
- **Location:** 3800 Victory Parkway Unit 1, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45207
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a roof access ladder and transitioning onto the roof when he lost his grip and fell backward, hitting a pipe and then falling forward to the ground approximately 20 feet below. The employee landed on his right side and suffered an orbital socket fracture, and fractures to their right side ribs, right knee, and left wrist.

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