# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Rockford Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018065882` · 6/14/2018 · MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rockford Corporation
- **Location:** 18070 Rt. 706, MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18801
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sandblasting on a pipeline when the blasting hose became tangled. As he pulled on the hose to release it, he inadvertently hit the trigger of the blasting gun. Blasting media then hit his upper thigh, causing an abrasion/laceration.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*