# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Dependable Awning, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021042811` · 4/5/2021 · KETTERING, OHIO
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dependable Awning, LLC
- **Location:** 27 Lonsdale Avenue, KETTERING, OHIO, 45419
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder to install an awning on the second floor of a residential building. The ladder tilted and the employee fell, striking another ladder before landing on their own ladder in a mulch bed. The employee suffered broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung, a broken and dislocated finger, a hairline leg fracture, a head wound, and overall contusions.

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