# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Husson Motors Auto Repair
> OSHA SIR `2024054546` · 5/23/2024 · SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## 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 resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Husson Motors Auto Repair
- **Location:** 13 South Broadway, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03079
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving something from a vehicle parked in the shop when they stepped back and lost their footing, landing on a milk crate on the same level. The employee sustained a fractured rib and a punctured lung. They were hospitalized.

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