# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Florida Strut, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066527` · 6/28/2019 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Strut, LLC
- **Location:** 6100 SE 78th Street, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34472
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got off of a forklift to reposition a steel coil (4,980 pounds, 68 inches high, 5.5 inches wide) that was on the forks of the forklift before setting it on an uncoiler machine when he was struck by the coil. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured right lung, requiring hospitalization.

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