# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Piedmont Mining LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109813` · 10/24/2023 · WRENS, 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:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Graders, scrapers-construction
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont Mining LLC
- **Location:** 3241 Kings Mill Road, WRENS, GEORGIA, 30833
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up after repairing a scraper pan. The controls for a truck's outrigger fell from the hook causing the outrigger to come out of the bumper region of the truck. The outrigger pinned the employee against the scraper. The employee sustained internal injuries to their right lower stomach area.

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