# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Irby Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010922` · 1/25/2019 · NEW BRAUNFELS, 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:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Irby Construction Company
- **Location:** Structure 2 T-625, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking away from the worksite where he had just attached a steel cable to the pulling machine. The employee was struck by a steel cable that broke off from a fiber rope. The employee sustained a right side clavicle fracture, left side rib fracture, and a collapsed lung.

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