# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Hearth and Home Technologies, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016042966` · 4/8/2016 · TOWER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Hearth and Home Technologies, LLC.
- **Location:** Hearth and Home Technologies--Tallman Family Farms, TOWER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17980
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting inventory on stove sets. As he climbed onto returnable crates that were more than 12 feet high, he grabbed onto one of the crate's fold-out doors. The door came unlatched, causing the employee to fall onto the concrete floor. He suffered lacerations, fractured ribs, and a partially collapsed lung.

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