# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Mega Granite & Marble, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032549` · 3/25/2016 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Pressure fluid cutting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mega Granite & Marble, Inc.
- **Location:** 360 Millard Farmer Industrial Blvd., NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30263
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a CNC waterjet cutting machine by replacing the high pressure line. When he was testing the pressurized line, the fitting failed or broke causing the water to be released at a very high rate. It struck the employee in the chest and exited his back. The employee was standing approximately 15 ft. away from the machine.

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