# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Vader Trucking, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054546` · 5/22/2023 · HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vader Trucking, Inc.
- **Location:** 2730 Sutton Road, HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS, 60195
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was uncoupling a loaded trailer from the truck. At the same time, the equipment that was loaded on the trailer was being removed from the trailer. The unloading of the equipment caused the uncoupled trailer to move back and upward, trapping the employee between the front of the trailer and the back of the truck. They sustained rib fractures and a punctured lung.

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