# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Office Depot Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024032601` · 3/22/2024 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Intestines, peritoneum  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Office Depot Distribution Center
- **Location:** 515 Kehoe Boulevard, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 423420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting away a riding pallet jack when the handle dropped to the floor then bounced back and struck their abdomen, resulting in a ruptured intestine requiring surgery.

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