# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054019` · 5/9/2022 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## 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:** Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
- **Source:** Off-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Baxley Highway, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a UTV on-site traveling east and collided with a front-end loader that was traveling north and turning at the same intersection. The injured employee was struck by the bucket of the loader and sustained broken ribs and a pneumothorax.

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