# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Badlands Consulting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065711` · 6/30/2022 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Fall on same level due to tripping over self
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
## Employer
- **Name:** Badlands Consulting, LLC
- **Location:** XTO Wellsite- Arlene 44X-23, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a job site carrying half-full 5-gallon buckets of fluid when the loop of his left boot lace caught a lace hook on his right boot, causing him to fall to the ground on his left side. The employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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