# Fractures at Sodexo, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065626` · 6/16/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodexo, Inc.
- **Location:** 535 EAST 35TH ST, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking inventory of lighting fixtures in the hallway and then proceeded to come down the stairs. The employee slipped and fell down the stairs, which were wet because wax was being stripped. The employee's head struck the stairs and he sustained three broken bones in his left arm. He was hospitalized and required surgery on his arm.

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