# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Triple-S Steel Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017076952` · 7/25/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, 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:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple-S Steel Supply
- **Location:** 2042 West Thompson Place, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78226
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 10-ton overhead crane and had picked up a bundle of steel angles weighing 7,250 lbs. The employee and a coworker then raised the bundle around 4 feet high and started to cut the metal strapping off the bundle. The employees were on their third band when the crane was moved southward, pushing them over a stack of angles and pinning them against some pipe. The material struck the employee's chest, cracking ribs and puncturing a lung. The employee was hospitalized.

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