# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Schmidt Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043231` · 4/11/2023 · DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
## 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 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Schmidt Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Burlington Ave, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approximately 16 feet above ground level connecting steel beams for a two-story commercial structure. While transitioning from one side of the steel beam to the other, the employee fell and sustained a liver laceration, rib fractures, and a wrist fracture. They were hospitalized.

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