# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Cruz Energy Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088514` · 8/18/2019 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cruz Energy Service, LLC
- **Location:** Well site 40 miles North of Watford City, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at an oil rig. The line he was tied off to was cut, and its weight pulled him down to the rig floor about 12 feet below. He suffered a spleen injury.

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