# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Westside Oil Recovery Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076876` · 7/29/2024 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Tanker trucks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westside Oil Recovery Inc.
- **Location:** 6448 Smithfield Rd, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a hatch on the top portion of a tanker truck. They tripped and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, sustaining fractures to multiple ribs and their right wrist, as well as a punctured lung.

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