# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at GOLDEN YEARS HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME
> OSHA SIR `2016064859` · 6/2/2016 · HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** GOLDEN YEARS HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME
- **Location:** 2001 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI, 64701
- **NAICS:** 623990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 2, 2016, at 1:45 p.m., an employee fell 4.7 feet from an outside stairway while attempting to remove a black snake from the outside lip/ledge of the stairway. He broke five ribs and injured his spleen, requiring hospitalization.

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