# Fractures at Western States Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017032604` · 3/21/2017 · IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Western States Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 24 North 3210 East, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83401
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had gone up the unguarded stairway to an office that was locked. When he turned to go back down the stairs, he reached out for the handrail that was not there and fell 10 feet off of the landing. He contacted the floor and fractured his skull.

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