# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Cladwes Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065718` · 6/26/2024 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Cladwes Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** Labrie Delta, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a trench when he was struck by the bucket of an excavator. The employee sustained broken clavicles, broken ribs, and punctured lungs requiring surgery.

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