# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Caribbean Fire & Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087221` · 8/7/2024 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caribbean Fire & Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 150 NE 40th St, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33137
- **NAICS:** 561621
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was up a ladder, moving sprinkler heads. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground 8-10 feet below. The employee suffered a collapsed lung and bruised ribs.

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