# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Fastenal Company
> OSHA SIR `20191212706` · 12/10/2019 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Fastenal Company
- **Location:** 96 Conway Street, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02740
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing trash into a dumpster from a receiving dock when the employee slipped and fell off the dock, which was wet. The employee landed on the dumpster and received lacerations to the spleen, kidney, and left elbow; a fractured rib, and a right knee injury.

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