# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at O' Shea Lumber Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015064153` · 6/29/2015 · GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** O' Shea Lumber Company Inc
- **Location:** 11425 Susquehanna Trail, GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17327
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clogged dust collector pipe. The employee was standing on a home-made platform that had been elevated approximately 10 feet in the air by a forklift.  The platform measured approximately 12-feet long by 42-inches wide.  The employee stepped off to the side of the platform where the platform was not supported by the forks, and the platform tipped from the forks.  The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below.  The employee sustained nine broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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