# Fractures at New York American Water Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010438` · 1/16/2016 · WANTAGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New York American Water Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3789 Demott Avenue, WANTAGH, NEW YORK, 11793
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell down a flight of stairs and broke an arm. The break required surgery and in patient hospitalization to repair.

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