# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Triple J Processing
> OSHA SIR `2017065183` · 6/7/2017 · LA SALLE, COLORADO
## 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 animal, unspecified
- **Source:** Cattle and other bovines
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple J Processing
- **Location:** 22777 County Rd. 31, LA SALLE, COLORADO, 80645
- **NAICS:** 424520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving cows from one pen to another when he became caught between a cow and a post, breaking a rib, puncturing a lung, and suffering a chest contusion.

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