# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at System Tech Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087154` · 8/7/2023 · DELAND, FLORIDA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** System Tech Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 123 W Indiana Ave, DELAND, FLORIDA, 32720
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 7, 2023, at a one-story building, an employee was climbing down a 14-foot fixed ladder after recovering the refrigerant from an air conditioning unit. He fell off the ladder and landed on the concrete floor, suffering three broken ribs, a broken nose, a broken wrist, and a bruised lung.

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