# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Saft America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107336` · 10/2/2015 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Saft America, Inc.
- **Location:** 711 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a malfunctioning impregnation tank lid. When the employee attached an air hose to the lid, it opened automatically and pinned his head, causing head and neck damage.

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