# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Iron Mountain Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054433` · 5/20/2024 · MONTGOMERYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Iron Mountain Inc.
- **Location:** 34 Airport Square Rd., MONTGOMERYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18936
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a customer's 65-gallon shred bin inside the cargo space of a straight truck. He fell from the lift gate to the asphalt surface approximately 46 inches below and was found unconscious. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a partially punctured lung, a forehead laceration, a blood contusion to the brain, a sprained wrist, a contusion to his eye, and an abraded forearm.

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