# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at PSE&G Metropolitian Division
> OSHA SIR `2015021089` · 2/3/2015 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
## Employer
- **Name:** PSE&G Metropolitian Division
- **Location:** #9 Hedden Terrace, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07102
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 8 PM, 2/3/2015, a worker was struck by a hand-hole cover, sustaining unspecified injuries to the head/face.  He was part of an Underground Trouble team assigned to investigate a manhole explosion/no power condition. The initial report is that he was in the process of tapping the cover with a hammer to loosen it when the cover was blown up into his head/face.

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