# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at RC Home Showcase, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054243` · 5/25/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-suspended staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RC Home Showcase, Inc.
- **Location:** Seybold Building 36th NE 1sr Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33101
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an exterior window from a swing stage. As the employee was climbing down through the scaffolding to a lower level, his hand slipped and he fell to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs, a punctured lung, liver damage, and a head laceration.

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