# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at D & L Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025054488` · 5/13/2025 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## 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  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Skylights or other existing roof openings
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** D & L Inc
- **Location:** 975 E Main St., BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72316
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 13, 2025, an employee was preparing to install an HVAC system on a roof. The employee detached a retractable lanyard from its anchor point, stepped backward, and then fell through a skylight. They fell about 8 feet, struck a temporary wall, and then fell another 7 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized with a broken shoulder blade, broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a dislocated finger.

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