# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at Utica Grain, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019033021` · 3/22/2019 · GAYVILLE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Utica Grain, Incorporated
- **Location:** 31020 450th Avenue, GAYVILLE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57031
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tractor with a hay bale spear attachment. The employee was attempting to spear a round hay bale weighing 800 to 1500 lbs. when the hay bale was pushed off the flatbed truck and struck the truck driver who was retrieving a strap on the ground below the bales. The truck driver sustained a dislocated hip, broken ribs, a punctured lung, a back injury and a facial laceration.

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