# Fractures at Penn State University - Behrend
> OSHA SIR `2024065494` · 6/20/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn State University - Behrend
- **Location:** 4701 College Drive, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16563
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a set of steps when their knee gave out, causing them to fall down the steps and fracture their tibia.

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