# Fractures at United States Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099803` · 9/21/2018 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 400 State Street, CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was searching for a water line connection in a flooded basement. He stepped into a stormwater sump pit, breaking a rib. He was hospitalized.

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