# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110427` · 11/12/2023 · SPRING CITY, TENNESSEE
## 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:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1270 Nuclear Plant Road, SPRING CITY, TENNESSEE, 37381
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a shepherd's hook to help position a jib crane. The hook slipped and the employee fell into an adjacent structure, suffering three broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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