# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065269` · 6/3/2025 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal abdominal locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoisting accessories  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Thames Ave, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane and an L-shaped lifting device to remove a coil of aluminum material off a de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device got hung up on part of the de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device slipped off and struck the employee in their right side. The employee sustained internal lacerations to their liver and kidney.

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