# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2019099137` · 9/3/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 4315 S. Archer Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a 4-yard dumpster with a truck. The dumpster released and jumped back at the employee, breaking his rib and causing him to suffer a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.

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