# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Sullivan & Merritt Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191213010` · 12/19/2019 · OLD TOWN, MAINE
## 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:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Sullivan & Merritt Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** ND Paper, OLD TOWN, MAINE, 04468
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a cast iron heater from the overhead in a mill. Ropes that were temporarily holding the unit broke and the unit knocked the employee from his ladder to the floor. He suffered 11 broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a head laceration and was hospitalized.

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