# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Minger Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110712` · 11/15/2016 · OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Minger Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Vacinity of 89th Street SE and Highway 1, OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA, 58474
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with the extraction of a 4-foot by 24-foot steel plate from an excavation. As the steel plate cleared the top opening of the excavation, it rotated and struck the employee in the right side, causing a serious contusion and small tear in the kidney that required hospitalization.

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