# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Colorado River Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2019099966` · 9/24/2019 · AUSTIN, 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shovels
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado River Constructors
- **Location:** US 183 + 51st Street, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78723
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a portable ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell onto a shovel 4 or 5 feet below, suffering bruised ribs and a partially collapsed right lung. The employee was hospitalized.

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