# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Sukup Steel Structures
> OSHA SIR `2017043671` · 4/24/2017 · AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sukup Steel Structures
- **Location:** 360 14th Street, AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15003
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a jib crane. A beam fell off of a forklift and struck an employee in the back resulting in five broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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