# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021300` · 2/10/2022 · ALEX, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches-power not determined
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
- **Location:** Nelda 2-4X33H, ALEX, OKLAHOMA, 73002
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker picked up a 48-inch steel pipe wrench to size up a saver sub.  While sizing up the wrench, the swivel engaged and the pipe wrench hit the saver sub, causing the wrench to swing around and strike the employee in the left arm and chest area. The employee suffered a lacerated spleen.

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