# Fractures at MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY
> OSHA SIR `2024109489` · 10/11/2024 · LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY
- **Location:** 244 WOOD ST., HANSCOM AFB, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 92174
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in an office chair when his foot caught on one of the rollers. He fell from the chair to the floor and suffered a broken hip. He was hospitalized.

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