# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Matrix Service Industrial Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087854` · 8/16/2017 · MARCUS HOOK, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Matrix Service Industrial Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 4101 Post Rd., MARCUS HOOK, PENNSYLVANIA, 19061
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a bolt on a flange while standing on a wooden box when the employee slipped and fell from the box and struck a metal valve wheel, suffering a broken rib and punctured lung.

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