# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at McManus Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032053` · 3/8/2021 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** McManus Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 4925 E. McNeese St., LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70605
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing drainage culverts in a trench bank. The trench bank caved in on the employee, who suffered injuries to the lungs, spleen, and liver. The employee was hospitalized.

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