# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211541` · 12/13/2024 · BRYAN, 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 nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc.
- **Location:** 1451 Louis E Mikulin Rd, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77807
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a rack of pipes while waiting for a forklift driver to deliver more pipes. The driver was turning into the aisle when three pipes slipped off the forks and onto the ground. One pipe bounced and struck the employee, resulting in a facial fracture, broken rib, punctured lung, and spleen laceration.

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