# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Westex/WLP & WLP Energy
> OSHA SIR `2017054477` · 5/17/2017 · DENVER CITY, TEXAS
## 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:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Westex/WLP & WLP Energy
- **Location:** Bennet ranch 1507, DENVER CITY, TEXAS, 79323
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were changing weights on a work-over rig from a 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock position when one of the moving weights struck an employee in the back. He suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.

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