# Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels  unspecified at D & D Welding & Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087804` · 8/23/2024 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
- **Secondary source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** D & D Welding & Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 5300 Steel Blvd, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34946
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at an angling machine while it was in automatic operation. He went to grab his work gloves when the machine sent the steel down the line and it struck the employee's abdominal area. The employee was hospitalized with a liver injury.

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