# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Progress Rail
> OSHA SIR `2023043113` · 4/8/2023 · RONCEVERTE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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 swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-rail-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Progress Rail
- **Location:** CSX Railway Spur, RONCEVERTE, WEST VIRGINIA, 24970
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a crane on the railroad tracks to pick up sticks of rail to place in a gondola hopper. As the employee was transferring sticks of rail into the hopper, the sticks struck a power pole and then struck the employee. The employee sustained a lacerated liver, crushed kidney, three broken ribs and three broken fingers.

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