# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033066` · 3/24/2019 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## 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:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Independence Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While moving from one work station to another, an employee was struck by a moving piece of pipe. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung.

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