# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at COLONNA'S SHIPYARD, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023032083` · 3/6/2023 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** COLONNA'S SHIPYARD, INC.
- **Location:** 400 EAST INDIAN RIVER ROAD, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was transiting down the ships stairs leading into a winch room aboard a dredging ship. The employee fell down the stairs and impacted a vertical pipe that was installed adjacent to the bottom of the stairs. The left side of the employee s midsection was impacted causing internal injury to the stomach and diaphragm.

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