# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Argus Transport USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087704` · 8/21/2024 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## 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  unspecified
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Argus Transport USA, LLC
- **Location:** 158 Cordell Rd, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12301
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the deck of a tractor to hook air lines to the trailer. When the employee turned to climb down, they slipped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained four fractured ribs and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

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