# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Textron Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2015042246` · 4/22/2015 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron Aviation
- **Location:** 9709 E. Central, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67206
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a 40 inch high work platform and was stepping down to a lower elevation of the work platform when he slipped off the platform and struck his ribs on the left side. The employee suffered a pneumothorax and several fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

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