# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC
> OSHA SIR `2015051777` · 5/15/2015 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC
- **Location:** 315 S 22nd Ave, CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83605
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand-grinder to remove a burr on a receiver hitch when the grinder wheel broke apart and sent a piece of the wheel into the left side of the employee's knee.

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