# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076804` · 7/26/2016 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **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:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 698 CR 596, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were clearing a tree that had fallen on a utility pole in order to put the pole back in service. A limb from the tree broke off and fell onto the two employees. The first employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. The second employee suffered a broken hip, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. Both employees were hospitalized.

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