# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Pepsi Bottling Company
> OSHA SIR `2023109145` · 10/4/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepsi Bottling Company
- **Location:** 167 Allenbill Drive, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15904
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were scrapping an out-of-service forklift to send it to the scrap yard. As they were lifting the broken forklift with another forklift, a chain snapped and struck the employee in the chest/abdomen. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lacerated pancreas and injures to the spleen and gallbladder. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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