# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Dirt Worx LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054462` · 5/8/2018 · CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO
## 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:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dirt Worx LLC
- **Location:** 3688 Happy Heart Way, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, 80109
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator when it tipped on the edge of the road adjacent to a trench. This caused the employee to fall against the inside of the cab resulting in hospitalization for broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised spleen.

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