# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021109173` · 10/25/2021 · LA PLACE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC
- **Location:** 560 Highway 44, LA PLACE, LOUISIANA, 70068
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder removing a pneumatic cylinder. He fell from the ladder, and on the way down his left side contacted a nearby brine pump. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung on the left side of his body.

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