# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at American Alloy Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110225` · 11/21/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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 swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Alloy Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 6230 North Houston Rossyln Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77091
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reading the numbers off the bottom of a steel plate weighing 9,000 pounds as it was being lifted by a crane operator. The steel plate swung out and struck the employee in the chest, resulting in internal trauma that required hospitalization.

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