# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at AVFlight Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191112339` · 11/30/2019 · MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, 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 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AVFlight Corporation
- **Location:** 2400 North Broadway, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, 58703
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a de-icing unit truck and fell approximately 28 feet. The employee struck the top of the de-icing unit truck, then the open driver's door, and then the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a ruptured spleen and liver and multiple fractures.

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