# Bruises, contusions at News-Press & Gazette Company
> OSHA SIR `2024065590` · 6/23/2024 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** News-Press & Gazette Company
- **Location:** 399 S. 8th St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80901
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 23, 2024, at 9:15 AM, an employee was walking down stairs when he missed the last stair and fell onto his left knee on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma under his kneecap.

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