# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Ragle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110911` · 11/23/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in road work zone
- **Source:** Roadway vehicle  motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ragle, Inc.
- **Location:** I-45 northbound lane at the I-45, I-30, I-345 interchange, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75206
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the northbound lane of a bridge doing concrete patch work. A vehicle in the southbound lane entered a work zone that had been set up by another employee doing overhead sign work. The vehicle struck the median barrier, which caused bridge forms to come loose and strike the injured employee. The employee sustained a broken right rib, lacerated liver, and punctured lung.

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