# Fractures at HMB Innovative Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043835` · 4/28/2023 · DANBURY, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HMB Innovative Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Precision Road, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06810
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing treads onto a 12-step staircase that was being built. The employee slipped/tripped and fell off the side of the staircase to the ground 8 feet below, resulting in rib fractures and a head laceration near the eye socket.

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