# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Veolia ES Techical Solutions, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2017064984` · 6/1/2017 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia ES Techical Solutions, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 7 Moible Avenue, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62201
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sit-down forklift and transporting large tote bags filled with product to be incinerated. As the forklift was making a 90-degree right turn, it tipped over onto its left side and the employee fell from the driver seat and was pinned under the overhead guard. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the torso and legs including two broken femurs, eight broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, four injured vertebrae, lacerations to the liver, intestine, and vein to lower extremities. The employee's spleen was also removed.

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