# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at TOTAL WELDING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212645` · 12/10/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** TOTAL WELDING, INC.
- **Location:** 100 Cook St, DENVER, COLORADO, 80206
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working at a height of 35 feet to perform steel erection. The employees were using a horizontal lifeline for fall protection. They were using the stanchion from the lifeline for leverage when pushing beams with a pry bar. One of the fall protection stanchions that was attached to a beam popped off, and the horizontal lifeline pulled the employees to the ground. One employee struck the concrete half-wall of the parking garage next door and then fell down to the ground. The employee sustained a broken right leg, lacerated liver, heart bruise, and broken ribs.

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