# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at TROY CONSTRUCTION, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054774` · 5/22/2020 · FLORIEN, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TROY CONSTRUCTION, LLC
- **Location:** LA-473, FLORIEN, LOUISIANA, 71429
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tasked with welding a pipe. As he was getting a cutting torch from a toolbox on a buggy, he became caught between the side boom of a pipelayer and the buggy. He suffered internal bleeding and damage to his small intestine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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