# Fractures at 3M Purification Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110396` · 11/3/2016 · STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M Purification Inc.
- **Location:** 32 River Road, STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONNECTICUT, 06076
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 10:25 AM, an employee was walking up a stairway where the railing had been removed for a tank installation. When the employee walked up the stairway and reached for the missing railing, he lost his balance and fell off the side of the stairs, fracturing his spine and pelvis.

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