# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Parry's Lawn and Landscape, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021872` · 2/20/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## 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:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Parry's Lawn and Landscape, Inc.
- **Location:** 1144 Griffin Rd, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming palm branches when a falling branch struck him in the back and punctured a lung.

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