# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096998` · 9/23/2015 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## 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:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
- **Location:** 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel die with an overhead crane. The employee was caught between the upper and lower dies and received a crushing injury to his chest and back and punctured a lung.

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