# Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels  unspecified at Dept. of Defense - USN
> OSHA SIR `2025054490` · 5/13/2025 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps
## Employer
- **Name:** Dept. of Defense - USN
- **Location:** 1400 Farragut Avenue, CODE 106, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At 6:05 a.m. on May 13, 2025, an employee was descending a stairwell in a ship. The tool bag she was carrying on her shoulder caught on a handrail; she lost her footing and fell down the last 7 feet of the stairwell. She suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized.

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