# Fractures at Austin Industrial
> OSHA SIR `2016053758` · 5/4/2016 · INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Industrial
- **Location:** Bayer Crop Science, INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25112
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 4, 2016, at approximately 9:00am, an employee was hospitalized after falling down a set of stairs. The employee, and three other workers, were carrying a metal cabinet down the stairs. The employee slipped on the first step and fell, resulting in 3-4 fractured ribs.

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