# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088323` · 8/14/2018 · JASPER, ALABAMA
## 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:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2700 Highway 78 W, JASPER, ALABAMA, 35501
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered an area to unhang a piece of lumber on a set of conveyor chains for a sorter machine. Another employee, unaware that the employee was in the area, indexed the chains, pinning the first employee between the piece of lumber and an unstacked pack of lumber. 

The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and pancreatic transection.

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