# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Ohio Machinery Company
> OSHA SIR `20201010280` · 10/29/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Machinery Company
- **Location:** 5252 Walcutt Court, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a 5-gallon bucket to the bed of a pickup truck. The employee slipped while exiting the wet truck bed and fell onto the closed tailgate. He struck the underside of his arm on the tailgate and sustained a punctured lung.

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