# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at CPI-Minden
> OSHA SIR `2018010552` · 1/17/2018 · MINDEN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Ice, sleet, snow
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** CPI-Minden
- **Location:** 815 N. BROWN AVE, MINDEN, NEBRASKA, 68959
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing valves on tanks from PVC to stainless steel. The employee was using an air hose to flush a line that was plugged with ice from condensate when the pressurized air hose released and began whipping around. Ice and liquid sprayed out and struck the employee's eyes, requiring hospitalization.

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