# Fractures at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 8HHNHB028
> OSHA SIR `2025054659` · 5/18/2025 · ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Wheelchairs, scooters  powered
- **Secondary source:** Doors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 8HHNHB028
- **Location:** 9000 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, 20892
- **NAICS:** 923120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a mobility scooter to traverse a hallway. They turned around in the doorway of an automatic door. It started closing and struck the mobility scooter causing it to tip over and land on the employee. The employee sustained a broken femur.

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