# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at City Wide Building Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021097952` · 9/15/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** City Wide Building Services, LLC
- **Location:** MD Anderson - Mendelsohn Faculty Center, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee set up a ladder on a roof against a 12-foot parapet wall to pull up ropes. The ladder slipped on the wet roofing surface and the employee fell from the ladder. The employee sustained six rib fractures and a punctured right lung.

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