# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Kelso - Burnett Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016021491` · 2/17/2016 · EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kelso - Burnett Co.
- **Location:** 2211 Campus Drive, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60208
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was traveling from the second floor to the first floor and was about halfway down the first run of stairs toward the platform when he fell and landed with his face hitting the platform wall.  The employee suffered two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, a shoulder injury and a dislodged lower tooth.

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