# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018066410` · 6/27/2018 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
- **Location:** New Iberia Research Center, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70562
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder that had been placed on a material lift and was adjusting the gear box on the material lift when he fell, fracturing a rib and puncturing a lung.

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