# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Middletown Tube Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111493` · 11/7/2018 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## 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:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Middletown Tube Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 2201 Trine St., MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the outboard stand of a tube mill. The crow bar slipped and the employee fell backwards into the machine behind it resulting in a bruised lung.

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