Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

An employee was taking inventory inside a truck when he fell out of the truck to the concrete floor, suffering a back injury and internal bleeding.

An employee was collecting sweeps when he opened a gut line that was pressurized and the elbow failed, dislodging and hitting his back. He suffered the loss of his spleen and a collapsed lung.

An employee was on top of a catwalk to gauge the oil. He opened the thief hatch and fell approximately 13 feet to the ground, suffering multiple broken ribs, a lacerated spleen, a hip injury, and a pelvic injury.

An employee was blowing down fish with an airline hose when he took a step back, lost his balance, and fell on a step located behind him. He injured his right rib and right lung.

After loading metals onto racks to be picked up by a crane for the anodizing process, an employee was standing idle when he was stuck by the control cab of the crane, which was about 4 feet above the ground. The cab of the crane pushed the employee into one of the support steel columns […]

Conductors were being strung up with ropes. While signaling to allow a conductor to be pulled up, an employee did not release the rope and it pulled him in the air. He let go of the rope while in the air and fell to the ground, suffering fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

After lifting heavy trash bags, an employee may have aggravated a recent surgical incision.

An employee was climbing down from a truck by stepping on the forks of a forklift when the employee slipped and fell on the forks, suffering a punctured lung and broken ribs.

An employee was hit by a falling sheave from a tester that was being placed in a well. The employee was struck in the chest below the collarbone, suffering a liver laceration and bruised lung.

An employee was in a scissor lift, helping rig iron beams to be removed as part of concrete form work. A beam struck the scissor lift, knocking it to the ground with the employee inside it. The employee suffered injuries including an injured spleen.