# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Total Transportation of Mississippi
> OSHA SIR `2024109873` · 10/23/2024 · RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Total Transportation of Mississippi
- **Location:** 125 Riverview Drive, RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39218
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting into the driver's side of a truck when their foot slipped on the top step and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained three broken ribs, a punctured lung, and an elbow injury.

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