# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Road and Rail Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110947` · 11/25/2024 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Road and Rail Services, Inc.
- **Location:** LPC - BNSF, 27141 S Industrial Park Dr., ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing the rear ladder on the side of the railcar to enter the B-Deck to unload. They fell approximately 11 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained multiple fractures to their clavicle, ribs, and skull, as well as a collapsed lung.

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