# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181111937` · 11/20/2018 · MEEKER, COLORADO
## 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyoming Casing Service, Inc
- **Location:** 39.857741, -108.32908, MEEKER, COLORADO, 81641
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the V door on a drilling rig. The joint of the casing was brought up to the rig floor, and the employee was pinched between it and the stump. The employee suffered a bruised spleen and was hospitalized.

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