# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Capstar Drilling INC
> OSHA SIR `2017021091` · 2/3/2017 · ACKERLY, TEXAS
## 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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Capstar Drilling INC
- **Location:** N 32.587 W -101.797, ACKERLY, TEXAS, 79713
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rig when he reached for something and fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, fracturing ribs and puncturing a lung. He was hospitalized. His safety lanyard was unhooked at the time of the incident.

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