# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Shaffer Sports Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076098` · 7/2/2017 · OLD WESTBURY, 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:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaffer Sports Inc.
- **Location:** 175 Post Rd., OLD WESTBURY, NEW YORK, 11568
- **NAICS:** 423910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a tent. The employee fell off a 12-foot frame ladder while trying to access the second level of the tent. The employee suffered broken ribs, fractured vertebrae, torn tendons and a punctured lung.

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