# Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs at JUPITER PAINTING CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017087919` · 8/17/2017 · CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JUPITER PAINTING CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC
- **Location:** Burlington Bristol Bridge, CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19021
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a bridge sidewalk when a passing vehicle with a ladder rack snagged a vertical hand line hanging from the upper portions of the bridge. The rope struck the employee along the midsection and threw him against the bridge's hand railing. He suffered two fractured ribs, a mild concussion, and minor bleeding in the spleen.

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