# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at JetBlue
> OSHA SIR `2017076392` · 7/11/2017 · ORLANDO, 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:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** JetBlue
- **Location:** 8900 Hanger Blvd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to perform aircraft maintenance lubrication when the employee took a wrong step on the ladder and fell to the ground, breaking five ribs and puncturing a lung. The employee was hospitalized.

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