# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20161110872` · 11/19/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY
- **Location:** 3000 W. 51ST STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unbanding a load of steel that had a wooden 4x4 block in between it. The steel band snapped and the steel hit the extra length of wood, causing it to fly up and hit the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized.

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