# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Captive-Aire Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043030` · 4/5/2023 · MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Captive-Aire Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 4031 TULL AVENUE, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rearranging boxes on an inventory shelf. While maneuvering one of the boxes, the employee shifted his footing, stepped/slipped off the step ladder they were standing on, and fell to the ground. They sustained a scapula fracture and rib fractures that resulting in a punctured lung.

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