# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at O & J Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098477` · 9/2/2017 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** O & J Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 14th Street SE, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While climbing down a secondary ladder in a water tower, an employee fell approximately 30 feet to a platform, breaking two vertebrae, puncturing a lung, and breaking a foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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