# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at OTTO BAUM CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015053229` · 5/27/2015 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OTTO BAUM CO., INC.
- **Location:** 1800 S First Street, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61820
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee brushing walls with a masonry brush near the northwest corner stairway attempted to step from a step ladder onto a scaffold resulting in a fall.  The employee was admitted into the hospital with a collapsed lung.

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