# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Milbrook Properties Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2023043285` · 4/13/2023 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Toilets, urinals
## Employer
- **Name:** Milbrook Properties Ltd.
- **Location:** 3130 Albany Crescent, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10463
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing repair work in an apartment bathroom. While he was on a ladder scraping paint, he lost his balance and fell off the ladder. The employee struck the toilet, resulting in rib fractures and a punctured spleen and kidney. He was hospitalized.

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