# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Berry Global
> OSHA SIR `2024109845` · 10/22/2024 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Global
- **Location:** 6250 N. Interstate 35, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from a two-step ladder when the ladder slipped out from underneath them. The employee fell and landed on a sidekick trailer jack, resulting in four fractured ribs, including two ribs with multiple breaks, and a pulmonary contusion.

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