# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Baraboo Awning
> OSHA SIR `2024098280` · 9/6/2024 · GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baraboo Awning
- **Location:** 4795 williams drive, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78633
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing awnings on a building when he fell off his multi-position ladder to the ground, resulting in hospitalization for a punctured lung and facial injuries.

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