# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Associated Wholesale Grocers
> OSHA SIR `2015107662` · 10/14/2015 · PEARL RIVER, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Wholesale Grocers
- **Location:** 63331 Old Military Rd., PEARL RIVER, LOUISIANA, 70452
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was selecting cases in the freezer area while driving a long jack. As he stepped off the long jack, he was still holding the accelerator and pinned himself between a rack and the long jack resulting in fractured ribs and a laceration to the lungs.

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