# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Berg Pipe Mobile Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2024043650` · 4/26/2024 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Berg Pipe Mobile Corp.
- **Location:** 900 Papermill Rd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was operating the beveller and noticed that the machine was not working. They stopped the machine and entered the machine to address the issue. Employee 2, working on another machine, also noticed that the beveller was not working and went to assist. Employee 1 finished up, exited, and activated the machine. Employee 2, who remained in the machine, was pinned between a beveller and pipe at his upper legs/thighs, resulting in a severe laceration to the upper left thigh and internal bleeding to the left leg.

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