# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Offenhauser Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118821` · 11/21/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Offenhauser Company
- **Location:** 2201 Telephone Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77023
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working in Bay 3 of the facility, an employee was moving metal plates that weighed approximately 4000 pounds with a pendant control crane.  The plate swung and struck the employee pinning him against another plate and injuring his stomach.

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