# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Acranom Masonry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076010` · 7/4/2024 · ELLINGTON, 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:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acranom Masonry Inc.
- **Location:** Windermere School, ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06029
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 32-foot extension ladder when they slipped and fell approximately 18 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three 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*