# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at PAL Environmental Services
> OSHA SIR `2025032704` · 3/21/2025 · LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PAL Environmental Services
- **Location:** 28-90 Review Ave., LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift when the lift tipped over. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining broken ribs and other internal injuries.

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