# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Balsbaugh Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010556` · 1/18/2023 · CLAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Balsbaugh Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 6800 Hoke Rd., CLAYTON, OHIO, 45315
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the roof of a building, securing a section of the roof to be removed. The employee fell through the roof onto the concrete floor below and sustained a tailbone fracture, spleen rupture, and bruised lungs.

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