# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Ferguson Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2022043326` · 4/18/2022 · CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
## 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferguson Enterprises
- **Location:** 622 Goddard Avenue Ste B, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, 63005
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed tailgate, throwing trash into a dumpster. The employee fell off the tailgate and landed on their hip and ribs sustaining three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

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