# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Hackensack Meridian Health
> OSHA SIR `2018076757` · 7/6/2018 · NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Hackensack Meridian Health
- **Location:** 1945 Route 33, NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY, 07753
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping move a trauma patient to a gurney. The patient began to wake up and kicked the employee, who suffered a spleen laceration and was hospitalized.

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