# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at EDC Ag Products Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016064843` · 6/1/2016 · WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
## 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 object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EDC Ag Products Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1102 South Bond Street, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS, 75491
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a conveyor system when a piece of the conveyor fell and hit him on the back, breaking his rib and deflating a lung.

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