# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Forterra Concrete Products
> OSHA SIR `2019066136` · 6/18/2019 · RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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 falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Concrete Products
- **Location:** 1601 Culvert Street, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57701
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the inside steel pieces of a 91-inch by 91-inch by 6-foot concrete form, breaking the form down. The floor piece of the form (weighing more than 1,000 pounds) fell onto the employee's right side, lacerating his liver and injuring his right kidney and spleen.

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