# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075859` · 7/17/2021 · MARINETTE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated 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*