# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Farmers Gin & Peanuts Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129528` · 12/16/2015 · MOULTRIE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Gin & Peanuts Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2595 Hwy 133-S, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31788
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the battery condenser between catwalks while standing on one of the machine's discharge side, between a catwalk and a 45 degree slide. The employee slid down the battery condenser slide (45 degree angle) and fell into the cotton press. The press was not running at the time of the incident. The employee sustained lacerations to the back of the head, fracture lumbar vertebrae and a collapsed lung.

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