# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
> OSHA SIR `20161211530` · 12/11/2016 · WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
- **Location:** 7900 METROPOLIS LAKE ROAD, WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, 42086
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a leak in an air blast muffler when the muffler sheared loose from the flange and struck the employee in the back.

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