# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at A. Arsenault & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118958` · 11/27/2015 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** A. Arsenault & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** Shaw's, Webster Sq Plaza, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01603
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing holiday decorations from the bucket of a bucket truck when the piston broke on the lower arm of the bucket truck causing the bucket to fall with the employee harnessed inside. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

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