# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Waupun Equipment Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112139` · 11/22/2019 · WAUPUN, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupun Equipment Co., Inc.
- **Location:** W7256 Hwy 49 West, WAUPUN, WISCONSIN, 53963
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training a customer on the use of a skid steer with an attachment. The side window of the skid steer was frozen shut and the employee was positioned between the skid steer and the front attachment. While the customer was operating the skid steer, it lurched, and the employee fell onto the blades of the attachment sustaining broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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