# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Briggs & Stratton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022032299` · 3/14/2022 · PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- **Location:** 2316 Hillcrest Drive, PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, 53074
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a fiberglass step ladder, about 3 feet off the ground, capping off a dead air line. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, and head trauma.

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