# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Western Forge & Flange Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043050` · 4/1/2025 · CLEVELAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Forge & Flange Co., LLC
- **Location:** 687 County Road 2201, CLEVELAND, TEXAS, 77328
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 6,000-pound forging hammer to make flanges. They placed the metal on top of a flange die and started to hit the red-hot metal with the ram. During the hammering action, a shard of hot metal broke off the part being worked and punctured the employee's abdomen. The employee required surgery.

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