# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Nationwide Realty Management
> OSHA SIR `2021010424` · 1/16/2021 · GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO
## 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:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Nationwide Realty Management
- **Location:** 845 Yard Street, GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO, 43212
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a non-functioning garage door. The employee pulled the emergency garage door release pull cord while standing on the third step of a ladder; the cord snapped back and the employee fell to the concrete floor, his left side striking a box that contained a pointed object. He suffered seven broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a collapsed lung.

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