# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023032279` · 3/13/2023 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc
- **Location:** 2938 5th Ave S, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been removing baffle plates from a tower in a facility. While moving to an upper level on a scaffold, he lost his footing and fell approximately 8-9 feet to a lower level and impacted a handrail on scaffolding below. The employee sustained five fractured ribs on the right side and internal bleeding.

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