# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at North American Lighting
> OSHA SIR `2019088611` · 8/20/2019 · PARIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** North American Lighting
- **Location:** 2275 S Main St, PARIS, ILLINOIS, 61944
- **NAICS:** 336320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 20, 2019, an employee was adjusting the forks on a powered industrial truck when a second employee drove down an adjacent row and struck/pushed returnable metal frame packaging toward the first employee. The first employee was pinned between the packaging and the mast of his powered industrial truck, suffering fractured ribs, a lacerated kidney, and a lung contusion.

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