# Fractures at BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
> OSHA SIR `2024054523` · 5/23/2024 · ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Movable floor coverings  not attached
## Employer
- **Name:** BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
- **Location:** 1001 INDIAN SCHOOL RD. NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87104
- **NAICS:** 923110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was standing in an office when their shoe was caught in the carpet causing them to fall and strike their left hip, back, and head on the side of the copier machine. The employee sustained a femoral fracture and a scratch on their eye socket. They were hospitalized and required surgery.

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