# Fractures at Abington Hospital Jefferson Health
> OSHA SIR `2020076824` · 7/22/2020 · ABINGTON, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Abington Hospital Jefferson Health
- **Location:** 1200 Old York Road, ABINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19001
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a dewatering pump when he fell from a step stool, landing on his chest and fracturing two ribs.

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