# Fractures at A-San Piping Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010270` · 1/10/2017 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** A-San Piping Inc.
- **Location:** 123 Crowne Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11225
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were laying a tarp over a section of a trench. Two employees slipped and fell approximately eight feet into the trench. Both employees were hospitalized. Employee 1 suffered broken ribs. Employee 2 suffered torn tendons/ligaments in his hands.

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