# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Red Ball Oxygen Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010072` · 1/3/2019 · WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Ball Oxygen Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2111 Cypress Street, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71291
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the front of a utility trailer near the end of a forklift load that was being secured. Only one end of the load was secured when the forklift was removed. The load proceeded to lean over and fall toward the employee, knocking him to the metal fabricated loading dock. He suffered a broken leg, broken collarbone, shoulder blade contusions, and a collapsed lung.

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