# Fractures at Sam's East, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211583` · 12/15/2024 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's East, Inc.
- **Location:** 579 Troy Schenectady Road, LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were walking back to the building after a short break outside. While on break they encountered a customer driving fast in the parking lot and told the driver to slow down. Three people from this vehicle followed the employees onto the sales floor and assaulted the employees. One employee sustained fractures to their nose and jaw which required hospitalization and surgery. The other employee sustained injuries but was not hospitalized.

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