# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at VIVA RAILINGS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025077536` · 7/31/2025 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** VIVA RAILINGS LLC
- **Location:** 2600 S 1st St, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a core drill to bore through concrete at an active construction site. The equipment struck embedded rebar in the concrete, causing the handle to kick back and strike the employee's ribs. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a punctured lung.

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