# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Casler Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077655` · 7/27/2018 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## 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:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Casler Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 581 State Fair Boulevard, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13206
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving a mobile scaffold platform while holding a tower section that had just been unbolted. The employee and the tower section fell to the ground about 3 feet below, landing on an outrigger and suffering four broken ribs and blood in the lungs.

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