# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Empire Group of Reading PA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110888` · 11/28/2023 · DENVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Group of Reading PA, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 S Muddy Creek Rd, DENVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17517
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were taking down pallet racks while in an unraised scissor lift. The injured employee was standing behind a cross brace when the scissor lift moved, pinning them against the cross brace. The employee sustained a punctured lung and lacerations to the liver.

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