# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Chapin Custom Molding
> OSHA SIR `2023053994` · 5/4/2023 · ELYRIA, OHIO
## 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:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chapin Custom Molding
- **Location:** 635 Oberlin Elyria Road, ELYRIA, OHIO, 44035
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered a blow molding machine to make process adjustments when the machine closed on the employee, resulting in broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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