# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Shore Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076026` · 7/5/2024 · CHIEFLAND, FLORIDA
## 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  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tree stumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Shore Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 12150 NW 115th Street, CHIEFLAND, FLORIDA, 32626
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing carpentry work to frame a boardwalk when they slipped and fell. They were about 5 to 8 inches above the ground and landed with their chest contacting a large tree stump. The employee sustained three fractured ribs and a collapsed right lung.

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