# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Cresco Labs
> OSHA SIR `2021042862` · 4/6/2021 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Cresco Labs
- **Location:** 1 West Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
- **NAICS:** 111419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on a 6-foot rolling platform ladder, an employee was using a bandsaw to cut a section of piping. As the employee finished making a cut, the ladder tilted forward, then moved backward, before toppling over. The employee fell over the handrail of the platform and struck his ribs on the handrail of a nearby emergency exit staircase. The employee was hospitalized with four broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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