# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010835` · 10/19/2018 · FULSHEAR, TEXAS
## 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:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** James Roberts Middle School, FULSHEAR, TEXAS, 77441
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting down from a roof using a scissor lift when he fell 30 feet to the base of the lift scissor mechanism, suffering internal bleeding, kidney damage and multiple fractures to both legs that required hospitalization.

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