# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Pine Bush Equine Services and Veterinary Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024098560` · 9/13/2024 · PINE BUSH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Liver
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Stepped on, kicked, trampled by animal
- **Source:** Horses, equines
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Pine Bush Equine Services and Veterinary Hospital
- **Location:** 96 Warn Avenue, PINE BUSH, NEW YORK, 12566
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a veterinarian while working on a horse when the horse kicked out, contacting the employee's stomach. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured liver.

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