# Fractures at Viacom, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088686` · 8/21/2019 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Viacom, Inc.
- **Location:** Prudential Center, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07102
- **NAICS:** 512110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a stage for a television event when he fell 5 feet off the stage and struck his chest on the edge of the stage, sustaining fractured ribs.

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