# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Integrity Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018011020` · 1/31/2018 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## 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:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Integrity Services, LLC
- **Location:** Lease: Windham 33 E, Well #: 2HE, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79704
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tripping pipe (drilling the pipe down) and screening a drill collar into a stump. He and another employee pushed the tongs into the spinning pipe. The tongs then bit back, crushing him between the tongs and the derrick leg. He received fractures to his upper torso and punctured both lungs.

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