# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at GG & S Construction Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025077159` · 7/23/2025 · PROSPER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **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:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GG & S Construction Co.
- **Location:** 2860 West First Street, PROSPER, TEXAS, 75078
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scaffold installing masonry veneer when a plank on the scaffolding fell from its supports, causing the employee to fall approximately 13 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

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