# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Mid-South Electric Cooperative Association
> OSHA SIR `2018043972` · 4/25/2018 · MAGNOLIA, 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:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-South Electric Cooperative Association
- **Location:** Old Hwy 105 & FM 2854, MAGNOLIA, TEXAS, 77355
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a wire while walking backward when the wire came loose. The employee then fell over a tree limb and landed on his back, breaking three ribs and suffering a collapsed lung.

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