# Fractures at Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry
> OSHA SIR `2018010761` · 1/23/2018 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry
- **Location:** 2 Public Square, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18701
- **NAICS:** 813910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding the elevator down from the 5th floor. It stopped between the 1st and 2nd floors and would not move. He tried to get the elevator to move, worked his way out of the opening, and fell about 6 feet to the pavement below. He broke several ribs.

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