# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at General Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021156` · 2/5/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** General Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 115 Dwight St, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01103
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 1:00 p.m. on February 5, 2020, an employee was disassembling a 40-gallon water expansion tank to scrap it. Pressurized air from a bladder in the tank discharged when a flange bolt was removed, causing the flange to strike and injure the employee's face.

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