# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at John Wood Group USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021297` · 2/10/2025 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## 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:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** John Wood Group USA Inc.
- **Location:** Dyess Air Force Base, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79606
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench, welding/installing a new pipe that was being held up using an excavator. The excavator arm rotated, and the employee was pinned between the pipe and the trench box. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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