# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Lowes Home Centers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066488` · 6/29/2018 · MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by another vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Centers Inc.
- **Location:** 149 Hampton Ridge, MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, 39110
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the lift gate of the delivery truck directing the driver to back up.  He fell off of the lift and was caught between the truck and a moving vehicle. The employee sustained rib and spleen injuries.

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