# Fractures at Riley Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021087` · 2/5/2022 · STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Riley Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 84 Tosca drive, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a truck step in order to enter the vehicle when their foot slipped on the icy step and their hand slipped from the icy hand hold. The employee fell, resulting in four fractured ribs.

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