# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Ethan Allen Personnel Group
> OSHA SIR `2018088926` · 8/28/2018 · MILTON, NEW YORK
## 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:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ethan Allen Personnel Group
- **Location:** Brooklyn Bottling of Milton NY, MILTON, NEW YORK, 12547
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an area in and around a heavy piece of equipment (machine removes products from a pallet and moves them to a conveyor belt) when the machinery lowered and crushed him, causing abdominal/internal injuries. The machinery was in motion at the time of the incident.

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