# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Frontier Communications
> OSHA SIR `2017087330` · 8/2/2017 · GRANTSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Communications
- **Location:** 6041 Pine Creek Road, GRANTSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26147
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 2, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee was stringing wire through a tree when the limb he was standing on broke. He fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, suffering fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized.

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