# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at BEF Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043097` · 4/13/2016 · LIMA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** BEF Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 651 Commerce Parkway, LIMA, OHIO, 45804
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 13, 2016, an employee was cleaning off a machine with a compressed air hose when she lost control of the hose's coupler end. The air hose end whipped up and struck her in the eye, requiring hospitalization.

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