# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. PIPE & Foundry Company
> OSHA SIR `20161110465` · 11/7/2016 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. PIPE & Foundry Company
- **Location:** 2023 SAINT LOUIS AVENUE, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sand blasting parts when the sand blaster fell. As he tried to catch the sand blaster, it discharged into his left armpit, requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*