# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Dean Kurtz Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2025010215` · 1/7/2025 · MARTIN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean Kurtz Construction Company
- **Location:** 901 1st Street, MARTIN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57551
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a skid steer to move snow and exited the skid steer to roll up a blanket. While moving the blanket, he slipped on snow/ice and fell to the ground on his back. The employee sustained fractured 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*