# Cuts, lacerations at Economy Paving Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054436` · 5/12/2020 · VESTAL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Economy Paving Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 520 Prentice Road, VESTAL, NEW YORK, 13850
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding/monitoring the purging "pigging" of a concrete pumping hose after testing. The hose began flailing and struck the employee in the face, causing face, jaw, cheek, and nose injuries/lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

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