# Fractures at Yale Library Technical Services
> OSHA SIR `2024065006` · 6/6/2024 · NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs, single-person seating
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Yale Library Technical Services
- **Location:** 344 Winchester Avenue, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06511
- **NAICS:** 519120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting down in a chair when it slipped out from under him. He fell to the floor and suffered a broken left hip.

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