# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Performance Air, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077285` · 7/17/2019 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Air, Inc.
- **Location:** 1990 Main Street, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34236
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 10-foot aluminum step ladder reaching through a ceiling hatch during maintenance on a unit. After placing his tools through the hatch he lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a spleen injury.

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