# Cuts, lacerations at Brand Energy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20171211577` · 12/6/2017 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brand Energy Solutions
- **Location:** 2502 Sheldon Road, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping a blast pot for the next day and opened the top man-way. Pressure then escaped, causing the employee to be struck in the face by an unknown object. The employee sustained a laceration above his eyes and was hospitalized. The blast pot was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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