Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

While installing cable in an attic, an employee slipped on a joist and fell approximately 15 feet through the ceiling. The employee broke several ribs and punctured a lung, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing a wood utility pole from a hole when the pole slipped. The employee was then caught between the pole and an adjacent truck, suffering a collapsed lung and breaking ribs, an ulna, and a radius. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was offloading an appliance from the back of a truck when he fell backward on top of another appliance that was already offloaded. He broke several ribs and suffered a collapsed lung.

An employee was assaulted while trying to prevent a patient from setting off a fire sprinkler.

Employees were changing weights on a work-over rig from a 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock position when one of the moving weights struck an employee in the back. He suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.

A well-servicing rig crew was tripping pipe out of a hole when the safety pin on the tongs (torqueing device) broke, allowing the tongs to strike an employee and knock him off the work platform. He fell 10 feet, fracturing his ribs and back and lacerated his liver.

An employee was working on a production line when the palletizer jammed. While attempting to clear the jam, the employee was pinned between pails and the moving equipment. A coworker stopped the machine and the employee fell out onto the rollers, sustaining left rib fractures and a punctured lung. The machine was not turned off […]

An employee was using a chemical cleaner to clear a restroom drain when he began coughing and having trouble breathing. He was hospitalized with a burned esophagus and lungs and respiratory distress.

An employee was blasting a girder for a petroleum tank that was stationed on a trailer in a blasting booth. He slipped on grit that was on the surface of the girder and fell about 40 inches to the ground on his left side, breaking ribs and injuring his internal organs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was walking on the roof when he fell 30 to 40 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs, punctured lungs, and other injuries.