# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Universal Plant Services
> OSHA SIR `2015107467` · 10/7/2015 · CHANNAHON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Plant Services
- **Location:** Interstate 55, CHANNAHON, ILLINOIS, 60410
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a portable grinder with a cup tool attachment to bevel the edge of a piece of pipe. The cup tool disintegrated and debris from the cup tool struck the left side of the employee's face. The employee was transported to hospital.

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