# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Archer Western Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043320` · 4/12/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Western Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** Tampa International Airport, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working off a scaffold side bracket patching a concrete wall structure in an elevator shaft. While working off the outrigger platform, the platform failed causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground. The employee suffered three fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a dislocated right elbow.

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