# Fractures at Buffalo Rock Company
> OSHA SIR `2023065192` · 6/13/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Rock Company
- **Location:** 422 Industrial Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35211
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping off a walkway that was about 3 feet above the ground. He slipped, landed on the metal handrails of the stairs below, and suffered broken bones on the left side of his ribcage.

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