# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at WK Industrial Services Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2022043208` · 4/12/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## 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 falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WK Industrial Services Corp.
- **Location:** 13101 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting to sign out for the day when a contractor's employee knocked over a temporary fence while moving a boom and the fence struck the employee, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered bruising and bleeding on the kidney.

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