# Fractures at Abbott laboratories
> OSHA SIR `2025021107` · 2/4/2025 · PLANO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott laboratories
- **Location:** 6901 Preston Road, PLANO, TEXAS, 75024
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in a chair. When he stood up he lost his balance and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left femur and hip.

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