# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
> OSHA SIR `2025010979` · 1/30/2025 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- **Location:** 10th St. & Constitution Avenue Northwest, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20560
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 1/30/2025, at about 8:00 AM, an employee was walking up the outdoor stairs to enter the building. The employee tripped on the stairs and fell down, injuring her right shoulder and right knee. The employee was hospitalized and required knee surgery.

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