# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Trinidad Drilling USA Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2018077209` · 7/17/2018 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## 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:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinidad Drilling USA Ltd
- **Location:** Trinidad Rig 106, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78041
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding bushing pullers while attempting to set bushings when he was struck on his lower back area with a bushing puller (an approximately 1 inch X 2 feet metal device connected to a hoist for lifting). He suffered a spleen injury that required surgery and hospitalization.

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