# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at D Baker Enterprise, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076922` · 7/10/2018 · WEST CHESTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, 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 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** D Baker Enterprise, LLC
- **Location:** Overlook Condominiums, WEST CHESTER, OHIO, 45069
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing house wrap tape while working from a 300-pound-rated, 28- to 32-foot fiberglass extension ladder, which had filler lumber material elevating and supporting one side of the base ladder side rails to level the ladder base. During the house wrap taping operation, the ladder and employee fell an estimated 20 feet. The employee suffered wrist, elbow, arm, and rib fractures, as well as lacerations to the kidney and face.

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