# Fractures at Smithsonian National Museum of American History
> OSHA SIR `2025076810` · 7/14/2025 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Books, charts, paper materials  bound
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- **Location:** 1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20560
- **NAICS:** 712110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a colleague sort rare books on a table in a library vault. A book started to slip out of it's slip-box. He reached out to catch the book, but lost his balance and fell backward onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

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