# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077073` · 7/12/2019 · BASALT, COLORADO
## 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Boulders
## Employer
- **Name:** Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley, Inc.
- **Location:** Basalt Vista Housing 211 Gardner Way, BASALT, COLORADO, 81621
- **NAICS:** 813319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee standing on a step ladder was struck in the chest by a truss jib and fell 12 feet onto a boulder retaining wall. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the right arm, broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung, and lacerations to the head.

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