# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Jose Maria Marquez
> OSHA SIR `2015053044` · 5/19/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Jose Maria Marquez
- **Location:** 7100 Old Katy Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77024
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder when his hammer came loose from his tool belt, striking a shot strip that was lying on the floor. One of the unused shots detonated in the shot strip, causing a metal fragment to strike the employee's right arm.

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