# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Specialty Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2024109265` · 10/4/2024 · BELLWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Building Products
- **Location:** 1620 North Tuckahoe Road, BELLWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16617
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a safety cage on the forks of a forklift using an impact drill to secure a sign above the entrance in front of a new building. The cage was placed on top of the forks and the forks were angled inward. The employee was then lifted upward to complete the task. When the employee leaned in one direction, the weight distribution shifted and the cage fell to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a collapsed lung and broken ribs. The safety cage was not attached to the forks at the time.

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