# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Turner Industries Group
> OSHA SIR `2020065838` · 6/23/2020 · PARIS, TEXAS
## 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 swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Industries Group
- **Location:** 1200 19th Street S.W., PARIS, TEXAS, 75462
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to move a metal frame divider/welding blind. The employee had partially lifted the divider (blind) and then exited the forklift to push over the divider onto its side. The blind slid on the forks and tipped upwards causing one of the support legs on the blind stand to contact the employee's left ribs. He sustained fractured ribs and a hemothorax.

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