# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Precoat Metals
> OSHA SIR `2016064880` · 6/2/2016 · WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Precoat Metals
- **Location:** 4502 Freedom Way, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a bearing on a shaft and was using a sledge hammer to seat the bearing when he suffered pain in his lower back. He was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in the lumbar back area.

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