# Bursitis at Dakota Creek Industries
> OSHA SIR `2015053057` · 5/20/2015 · ANACORTES, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bursitis
## Cause
- **Event:** Kneeling, kneeling down-repetitive or prolonged
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Creek Industries
- **Location:** Dakota Creek pier, ANACORTES, WASHINGTON, 98221
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was preparing paint in the stern thruster room of a vessel tied up to the pier. He had to kneel and crawl on steel surfaces. He wore knee pads, but not all of the time. His left knee became sore, and he was diagnosed with bursitis with a possible infection.

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