# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at DataBank Holdings, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2025088249` · 8/19/2025 · PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DataBank Holdings, Ltd
- **Location:** 25 Corporate Place South, PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY, 08854
- **NAICS:** 541511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a light fixture while on the sixth rung of an 8-foot ladder when they fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for two broken ribs, a bruised hip, and a punctured lung.

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