# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Patco Electrical Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010408` · 10/8/2018 · FAYETTE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Patco Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Columbus Street East, FAYETTE, ALABAMA, 35555
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While installing conduit overhead, an employee fell through an opening in a steel platform to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a head laceration, broken finger, and ruptured spleen.

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