# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at United States Postal Services
> OSHA SIR `2016087625` · 8/15/2016 · STATEN ISLAND, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Services
- **Location:** 3031 Veterans Road West, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10309
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering letters and packages, an employee went up a set of stairs to a customer's house and rang the bell. Suddenly, the employee passed out due to dehydration and fell down the stairs, puncturing his left lung and fracturing a rib. He was hospitalized.

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