# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Champion Home Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076266` · 7/11/2024 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Home Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 1230 SW 10th St., OCALA, FLORIDA, 34471
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder 3 to 4 feet above the ground, replacing the exterior siding of a home. The ladder tilted to one side, causing him to fall off. He suffered eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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