# Abrasions, scratches at KBR Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052781` · 5/12/2015 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** KBR Inc.
- **Location:** 7770 Rangeline Road, THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a sandblast pot with more media. As he stepped away from it, the hose fitting decoupled, leaving his right leg in line with blasting media discharge. The discharge caused an abrasion in the right curved area of his right leg.

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