# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `2024010384` · 1/15/2024 · KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- **Location:** 721 Unionville Road, KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19348
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading salt into a salt truck spreader. He attempted to install a cover on the hopper when he fell off the spreader to the ground, resulting in facial lacerations, broken ribs, and injuries to his lungs and liver.

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