Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Howard Industries, Inc.
Start: 6/3/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065269 · 6/3/2025 · Howard Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal abdominal locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
Source: Cranes unspecified
Secondary source: Hoisting accessories unspecified

Employer

Name: Howard Industries, Inc.
Location: 1 Thames Ave, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
NAICS: 334416
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a crane and an L-shaped lifting device to remove a coil of aluminum material off a de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device got hung up on part of the de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device slipped off and struck the employee in their right side. The employee sustained internal lacerations to their liver and kidney.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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