# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Integrity Heating & Air LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087239` · 8/7/2024 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Integrity Heating & Air LLC
- **Location:** 615 N Happy Valley Road, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83687
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 6-foot wooden ladder when they fell to the ground and landed on a 10-inch duct knife that was attached to their belt. The knife stabbed them in the back and they sustained internal injuries and a fractured wrist.

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