# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at DISH NETWORK
> OSHA SIR `2025032847` · 3/26/2025 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DISH NETWORK
- **Location:** 281 DAVID DR, WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed to the top of a ladder at a customer's house. The ladder shifted and the employee fell 28 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a lung contusion and a right foot contusion.

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