# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241211081` · 12/2/2024 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD, LLC.
- **Location:** 3810 West Lakeshore Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a field light for a football field. The employee was descending the light pole when the lifeline broke and he fell approximately 22 feet to the grass below. The employee sustained a fractured left arm and a punctured lung.

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