# Fractures at ABM Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087411` · 8/13/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM Industries Inc
- **Location:** 5811 S Ellis Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60637
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending stairs outside a building when she was startled by another person and fell, fracturing her lower back.

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