# Fractures at Albany Mechanical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087927` · 8/17/2017 · GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Albany Mechanical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 15 Albany Ave., GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 12183
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working at a client's home, an employee was walking on a staircase and the stairs gave way. The employee fell 9 feet through the stairs and sustained a compound fracture to the left ankle.

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