# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Taylors Iron Co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024098187` · 9/4/2024 · WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylors Iron Co., Inc
- **Location:** 1081 Industrial Drive, WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30677
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 4, 2024, an employee was walking on a trailer when he lost his balance and fell 4 feet to his left side on the gravel driveway. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

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