# Fractures at Johnson & Wales University
> OSHA SIR `2024032727` · 3/27/2024 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Structural barriers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnson & Wales University
- **Location:** 55 Shipyard Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02905
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were carrying the front end of a racing rowboat from one section of the warehouse to another, when the injured employee backed into a yellow corner guard rail (three-inch round pipe bolted to the floor) and fell backward, landing on the right side of his back and fracturing three ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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