# Fractures at Republic Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054580` · 5/26/2022 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## 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-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services, Inc.
- **Location:** ReCommunity Delaware, LLC, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell to the floor while walking down a flight of stairs in the third-story stairwell. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.

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