# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Hutco, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032445` · 3/19/2024 · HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other tools, instruments, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hutco, Inc
- **Location:** 15542 River Road, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70057
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was standing on scaffolding removing oxidation with a torch when they fell off and landed on an anvil on the ground, resulting in fractures to their L1 -L5 vertebrae and a left kidney laceration.

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