# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Olympic Moving and Storage, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053283` · 5/29/2015 · JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, 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:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Moving and Storage, Inc.
- **Location:** Bldg 11D49, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98431
- **NAICS:** 484210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift. A bracket had been removed, and he stepped back and fell from the platform onto his back. He broke three ribs, ruptured his spleen, and fractured three vertebrae. He was hospitalized and had surgery on his ruptured spleen.

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