# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at HMT Pasadena Tank Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017054014` · 5/3/2017 · HOUSTON, 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HMT Pasadena Tank Corporation
- **Location:** 15915 Jacinto Port Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blasting a girder for a petroleum tank that was stationed on a trailer in a blasting booth. He slipped on grit that was on the surface of the girder and fell about 40 inches to the ground on his left side, breaking ribs and injuring his internal organs. He was hospitalized.

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