# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Prairie Farms Dairy
> OSHA SIR `20241211857` · 12/24/2024 · OREGON, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Farms Dairy
- **Location:** 204 N 4th St., OREGON, ILLINOIS, 61061
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading product from a trailer onto a scissor lift. They stepped backward and fell approximately 5 feet from the scissor lift to the concrete floor, sustaining six broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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