# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at C.D. Smith Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010094` · 10/30/2024 · MOUNT PLEASANT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** C.D. Smith Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 5230 90th Street, MOUNT PLEASANT, WISCONSIN, 53403
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to get onto the roof of a building when they fell approximately 13 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

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