# Fractures at K.S.G Painting LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032192` · 3/10/2022 · LINDEN, NEW JERSEY
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** K.S.G Painting LLC
- **Location:** 423 Dewitt Street, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, 07036
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting stairs using a sprayer. He got tangled in the sprayer's hose, tripped, and fell down the stairs, suffering a back injury and six broken ribs.

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