# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Preferred Industrial Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212610` · 12/8/2018 · CROSBY, 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:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Preferred Industrial Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 16503 Ramsey Rd., CROSBY, TEXAS, 77532
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing over a scaffold handrail to access a pipe rack when the employee fell approximately 5 feet to a lower level. The employee landed on his right side and sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

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