# Fractures at Schuylkill Community Action
> OSHA SIR `2016021024` · 2/3/2016 · POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Schuylkill Community Action
- **Location:** 40 Lily Lane, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs to the basement while carrying equipment in his hands. He tripped and fell fracturing five ribs and chipping vertebrae.

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