# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Gulf Coast Produce Distributors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010498` · 1/16/2017 · GULF SHORES, ALABAMA
## 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Produce Distributors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1154 West Beach Blvd, GULF SHORES, ALABAMA, 36542
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading material from the truck at a customer's location when he fell out of the truck approximately 4-5 feet. The employee sustained a broken sternum and ribs and internal bleeding around the lungs.

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