# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Sabre Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010582` · 1/20/2022 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## 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 dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Sabre Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 8653 E. HIGHWAY 67, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As employee 1 was walking between a dump table and a backstop, a brake press operator (employee 2) actuated the machine's ejector. A pole half shell was ejected from the press and struck another half shell sitting on the dump table. The pole half shell struck employee 1, resulting in a right arm fracture, an abdominal contusion, and internal organ damage.

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