# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at J. R. Simplot Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098451` · 9/13/2023 · GRAND VIEW, IDAHO
## 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:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J. R. Simplot Company
- **Location:** 1301 Highway 67, GRAND VIEW, IDAHO, 83624
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder, using wire cutters to remove zip ties from a pivot to unroll the drop hose. The ladder shifted/slid on the pivot piping and the employee fell to the corn field ground/corrugate. The employee sustained lacerations to their liver and kidney. They also sustained fractures to both wrists and the left trochanter and required surgery.

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