# Cuts, lacerations at Tigg Holding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110976` · 11/22/2016 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tigg Holding, LLC
- **Location:** 250 Bolton Sullivan Dr, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 334516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sandblaster when the hose dropped on his legs. The blast media came out of the nozzle and deeply lacerated his left calf, requiring hospitalization.

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