# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065469` · 6/23/2022 · CLEAR FORK, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
- **Location:** 771 McDonald Mill Creek Road, CLEAR FORK, WEST VIRGINIA, 24822
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a rope from a fallen tree. A tree stub rolled into the employee from about 8 feet away, striking him in the ribcage area. He suffered a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

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