# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Utz Quality Foods
> OSHA SIR `2023098392` · 9/11/2023 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Utz Quality Foods
- **Location:** 18340 Highland Rd, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70809
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on the bottom step while getting out of a truck and fell on the top rail of a fence located next to the truck bay. The employee landed on his left side/torso. He sustained broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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