# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin)
> OSHA SIR `2017087656` · 8/10/2017 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin)
- **Location:** 1375 Gifford Road, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
- **NAICS:** 3273
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to scrape concrete off a mud belt on a moving conveyor. When the hammer contacted the conveyor belt, it struck his hand and injured his right thumb.

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