# Concussions at BOTTLING GROUP, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201211743` · 12/16/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BOTTLING GROUP, LLC
- **Location:** 1480 Chattahoochee Avenue, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accompanying a quality inspector who was conducting an annual quality audit on the beverage can filler production area. The quality inspector asked to see a strainer located on the piping housing. The employee proceeded to remove the strainer from the piping line. While attempting to remove the strainer, the strainer ejected from the piping and struck the employee above the left eye. The employee sustained a concussion and a laceration above the left eye.

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