# Bruises, contusions at St. Peter's Health Partners
> OSHA SIR `2016031922` · 3/3/2016 · TROY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Peter's Health Partners
- **Location:** Samaritan Hospital, TROY, NEW YORK, 12180
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when he tripped and fell down three stairs. He struck the handrail and suffered a contusion to the lower chest/upper abdomen on his right side.

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