# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023098925` · 9/27/2023 · LODI, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 621 Highway 113, LODI, WISCONSIN, 53555
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a private residence on a rainy day. As he was walking down three steps at the residence, he slipped and fell, sustaining three rib fractures and a punctured right lung.

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