# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at SWISSPORT USA INC
> OSHA SIR `2025054103` · 5/1/2025 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## 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  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable stairs
- **Secondary source:** Portable stairs
## Employer
- **Name:** SWISSPORT USA INC
- **Location:** 11000 Terminal Access Rd, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33913
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a fuel hose to a plane using a rolling aluminum staircase when a weld broke on the staircase and it collapsed into two pieces. The employee fell 4-5 feet and landed on the broken staircase. The employee sustained knee lacerations, internal bleeding, and two fractured ribs.

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