# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Caesarstone Technologies USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042754` · 4/1/2016 · RICHMOND HILL, 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:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
## Employer
- **Name:** Caesarstone Technologies USA Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Caesarstone Drive, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, 31324
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside an intermodal container positioned to the right of granite slabs that were stacked in an A-frame manner. As a forklift was unloading the slabs from the left side of the A-frame, the slabs on the right side fell and struck the employee. The employee was pinned between 7 to 8 slabs and the side of the container. The slabs weigh approximately 700 pounds each. The employee sustained bruised ribs and lungs.

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