# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Terminix
> OSHA SIR `2024010591` · 1/19/2024 · MANTACHIE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Terminix
- **Location:** 331 Highway 178, MANTACHIE, MISSISSIPPI, 38855
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking toward a house to alert the customer that he had arrived. The walkway was covered with snow and ice, and the employee slipped on the walkway landing awkwardly on his equipment. The fall resulted in four fractured ribs that impaired the function of his right lung.

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