# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Clarion Boards LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021262` · 2/11/2021 · SHIPPENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Clarion Boards LLC
- **Location:** 143 Fiberboard Road, SHIPPENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16254
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the elevated platform at the wood breaker machine. The platform grate became detached and dropped 7 feet to the floor with the employee standing on it. The employee was hospitalized for 3 broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a lacerated spleen and required surgery.

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