# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Golden Bear Golf Club, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054493` · 5/3/2019 · WINDERMERE, FLORIDA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden Bear Golf Club, LLC
- **Location:** 6300 Jack Nicklaus Pkwy, WINDERMERE, FLORIDA, 34786
- **NAICS:** 713910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming an oak tree on a golf course. A branch fell and swept the ladder from underneath him. The employee fell to the ground and sustained nine broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung.

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