# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Jindal Tubular USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033283` · 3/29/2019 · BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Jindal Tubular USA, LLC
- **Location:** 13092 Seaolane Rd., BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, 39520
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting welding wire from a welding machine's welding head when he was struck from behind by the welding machine boom and knocked into a steel pipe that was being loaded onto the welding rack. He suffered a ruptured intestine and torn ligament in the right leg.

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