# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at MISSISSIPPI LIME DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2019032895` · 3/19/2019 · STE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSISSIPPI LIME DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
- **Location:** 16136 US HWY 61, STE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, 63670
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing into the cab of his truck when his knee gave out and he fell out onto another parked truck, hitting the top step. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

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