# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Rio Elevator Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065918` · 6/12/2019 · SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rio Elevator Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 8419 Breakers Blvd., SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, 78597
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder when it slipped on the smooth floor, causing the employee to fall. He suffered a laceration to the left knee, fractured left-side ribs, and a punctured left lung.

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