# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Bennett Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099571` · 9/16/2018 · QUINTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bennett Construction Inc.
- **Location:** near EW 1360 and NS 423, QUINTON, OKLAHOMA, 74561
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a spare tooth from under the wheel of a ditching machine when the machine operator lowered the crumming shoe, striking the employee. The employee suffered bruised lungs and a bruised abdomen, as well as two broken ribs.

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