# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Mega Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087282` · 8/1/2017 · STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Mega Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** I-90 and Hwy W, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN, 53589
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vehicle to move traffic control drums from a closed lane to the shoulder. She was traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour when she crashed into the road's barrier wall, striking her knee on the plastic and metal underneath her vehicle's steering column. She suffered a knee laceration, fractured ribs, and a liver laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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