# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Guarantee Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023042943` · 4/3/2023 · WISNER, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Guarantee Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc
- **Location:** 1120 Avenue E, WISNER, NEBRASKA, 68791
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and co-workers were picking up trash and scrap plywood at a job site. The employee attempted to pick up loose 4x8 plywood on a concrete deck. When the employee stepped forward to get a better grip on the board, he fell 10 feet through a roof hatch opening to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a bump on back of his head, a laceration on the liver, rib fractures, broken processes on three vertebrae, cut hands, two lost finger pads on one hand, and fluid pressure against the right lung.

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