# Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Berlin Steel
> OSHA SIR `2023098741` · 9/21/2023 · PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Berlin Steel
- **Location:** Ivy Lane & Prospect Avenue, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 08540
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping onto a temporary metal decking to hook up to his retractable when the C-clamp that was being used to temporarily fasten the metal deck slipped. A sheet moved and the employee fell through the stair landing 16 feet onto the landing below, resulting in clavicle and rib fractures as well as internal injuries.

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