# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Post Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2021032296` · 3/17/2021 · FORT WORTH, 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:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Post Recycling
- **Location:** 1751 River Run, suite 405, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76107
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were rigging up a work over rig and using a crane to move a blowout preventer off a trailer. The blowout preventer moved and swung once it was lifted from the ground, hitting an employee in the chest. He suffered minor internal bleeding and was hospitalized.

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