# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at El Sol Contracting & Construction Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20161211355` · 12/5/2016 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## 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:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** El Sol Contracting & Construction Corp.
- **Location:** 3rd Avenue & 57th Street., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11220
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 5, around 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., an employee was using an aerial boom lift in a road center median. As he was coming down with the basket, the basket became positioned in live traffic and was hit by a box truck. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

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