# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Capital Electric Line Builders
> OSHA SIR `2019088721` · 8/22/2019 · RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
## 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:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Capital Electric Line Builders
- **Location:** 4400 Northwest Mattox Road, RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, 64150
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping others to pull a pole from a stack and load it onto a digger derrick when the pole fell and struck the employee, fracturing his pelvis and puncturing his bladder.

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