# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2019055167` · 5/21/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale
- **Location:** 5300 Overton Ridge Blvd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76132
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the fuel additive bucket at the gas pumps when a customer's vehicle struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fracture ribs, facial injuries and a lacerated liver.

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