# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017099081` · 9/21/2017 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 2960 Epic Place, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75052
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was priming bolts in a stairwell while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. He had a paint can in one hand and a paint brush in the other hand. He fell as he was descending the step ladder, breaking two ribs and suffering a collapsed right lung. He was hospitalized.

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