# Fractures at Dept. of Commerce - USCB
> OSHA SIR `2025054748` · 5/20/2025 · SUITLAND, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(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:** Dept. of Commerce - USCB
- **Location:** Clay St in San Francisco, SUITLAND, MARYLAND, 20746
- **NAICS:** 541370
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee went into a building in a gated community. The employee was going up steps, then began walking backward down the steps, and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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