# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at National Fuel Gas
> OSHA SIR `2025032724` · 3/22/2025 · WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Crawl spaces
- **Secondary source:** Movable floor coverings  not attached
## Employer
- **Name:** National Fuel Gas
- **Location:** 6363 Main Street, WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK, 14221
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a residential home to perform a gas houseline inspection after repairs. While using a flashlight to see, the employee walked into the laundry room and fell into a 2' x 2' access opening for a crawl space in the floor. A black rug was partially covering the opening. The employee fell approximately 40 inches into the crawl space. The employee sustained three fractured ribs on the left side, fluid on the left side of the lungs, and a bruised right knee.

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