# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Loveland Excavating and Paving
> OSHA SIR `2017088338` · 8/30/2017 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## 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:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Loveland Excavating and Paving
- **Location:** 9035 Fields Ertel Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45249
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting to unload equipment from a trailer. The employee released the bar holding the trailer ramps up when the hydraulics failed, causing the ramp to fall on the employee. The employee suffered a head laceration, three broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a lower back injury.

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