# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Ameri-Frame
> OSHA SIR `2016042854` · 4/5/2016 · RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Roof trusses, joists
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameri-Frame
- **Location:** 8915 Eager Rd., RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI, 63117
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing construction work on an apartment building, an employee's lanyard became tangled. While the employee was attempting to untangle the lanyard, a cantilevered portion of one truss contacted and pushed down another roof truss, causing the employee to lose his footing and fall to the ground. He suffered a broken pelvis, lacerated kidney, lacerated spleen, punctured lung, and broken rib.

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