# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at The Scotts Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043019` · 4/5/2024 · LEBANON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Scotts Company, LLC
- **Location:** 20 Industrial Road, LEBANON, CONNECTICUT, 06249
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging mulch from a hopper machine while standing on a ladder. He was reaching for a part when he slipped and fell 12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

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