# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at AAA Metal Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111619` · 11/10/2018 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AAA Metal Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2305 Abutement Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were changing a gasket on a steam line, using a tubular welded scaffold with 28-inch aluminum work planks two sections high. An employee fell about 12 feet from the scaffold, making contact with the scaffold on the way down and suffering five broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a laceration to the forehead. A harness was being worn at the time of the incident, but had been unhooked.

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