# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at E & M Contracting
> OSHA SIR `2018032465` · 3/13/2018 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** E & M Contracting
- **Location:** St. Benards Hospital, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a trench approximately 3 feet deep. An excavator was working above him when the weight of the excavator caused one of the trench walls to fall, pushing the rebar cage into the employee and striking his abdomen. He was hospitalized with abdominal bleeding.

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