# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at RED Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021233` · 2/8/2023 · PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Loaders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RED Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 254 Airline Avenue, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT, 06480
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been operating a loader. When he began exiting the loader, he slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a punctured lung and fractures to the collar bone, sternum, and ribs.

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