# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Lucas Tree Experts
> OSHA SIR `2024010330` · 1/12/2024 · ISLESBORO, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lucas Tree Experts
- **Location:** 478 East Shore Drive, ISLESBORO, MAINE, 04848
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a root ball from a downed tree. The root ball fell back into the hole and hit another downed tree, which then rose up and struck the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised spleen and was hospitalized.

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