# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at AAC Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032048` · 3/7/2016 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** AAC Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 311 Morey Hall, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14627
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 4-foot A-frame ladder when the soffit on which he was working de-stabilized and fell, knocking the ladder and employee to the ground. He broke four ribs and suffered a partially collapsed left lung.

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