# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO
> OSHA SIR `2024098558` · 9/13/2024 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO
- **Location:** 2798 E. HARBOR DR., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was conducting cathodic protection anode work in a tank onboard a vessel. The employee fell approximately 5-8 feet from the bulkhead of the ship and struck the left side of their ribs. The employee sustained a ruptured spleen.

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