# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Nichiha USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054600` · 5/23/2023 · MACON, GEORGIA
## 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:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nichiha USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 3150 AVONDALE MILL ROAD, MACON, GEORGIA, 31216
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cardboard pieces that were causing a packaging line malfunction when the machinery moved, propelling the employee into the upper metal poles of the machine and exerting pressure on the employee's torso that caused a contusion to their liver.

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