# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Southern Illinois Transfer
> OSHA SIR `2015053286` · 5/29/2015 · STE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Illinois Transfer
- **Location:** Mississippi Lime Dock, STE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, 63670
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On the morning of 5/29/2015, employee arrived at work at 6:00 am.  At about 6:05 he was securing a line to roll a cover on a barge. The hook somehow dislodged and became airborne striking the employee in his left upper arm. The hook was 4" and weighed approximately 3 pounds. The cover of the barge became wedged and put tension on the line and then the hook became dislodged striking the employee.

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