# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Scrap Metal Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211913` · 12/28/2024 · BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches unattached
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Scrap Metal Services LLC
- **Location:** 3000 W. 139th Street, BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 60406
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 28, 2024, at 10:23 AM, the injured employee was spotting for the operator of a shear crane while conducting tree trimming/removal operations. The injured employee was standing about 4 feet from the ground on top of scrap steel trusses. After the shear crane cut the tree, it began dragging a large branch which struck the injured employee and knocked him down onto the scrap pile. He sustained four broken ribs on the left side and a left lung contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

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