# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010082` · 1/5/2016 · OURAY, COLORADO
## 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:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Mountains
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC
- **Location:** 725 Main Street, OURAY, COLORADO, 81427
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding clients on an ice climb when he was hit by falling ice, which caused him to fall. His fall was arrested by his climbing equipment, but he struck against the ice and sustained broken ribs, which punctured a lung.

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