# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Brightview Landscape Services
> OSHA SIR `2022054681` · 5/31/2022 · HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Brightview Landscape Services
- **Location:** 75 South Way Ste A, HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY, 08619
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming weeds with a line trimmer when the trimmer got hung up at the bottom of a flagpole, causing him to fall and drop the trimmer. The employee fell forward and landed with his chest hitting the engine of the line trimmer that had fallen to the ground, resulting in internal bleeding.

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