# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at UNIT Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017088239` · 8/27/2017 · OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIT Corporation
- **Location:** OKLAHOMA
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a connection with tongs and cables when one of the cables on the (muffled) drive caught the tongs and lifted them up. He held on to the tongs for approximately 10 feet before he fell to the ground. He landed on his side, fracturing ribs and vertebrae and puncturing a lung. He was hospitalized.

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