# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at SELF RECYCLING
> OSHA SIR `2019088042` · 8/6/2019 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** SELF RECYCLING
- **Location:** Gerdau Steel, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30121
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a dump trailer when the dump trailer tipped over and caused the truck to tip over on the passenger side. The employee sustained a head contusion, kidney laceration, four broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

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