# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Borusan Mannesman Pipe US Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054289` · 5/11/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Borusan Mannesman Pipe US Inc.
- **Location:** 4949 Borusan Road, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending over to paint the bottom of a pipe when another piece kicked over behind him and struck his left shoulder. He was pushed into the pipe he was painting, making contact in the center of his chest. He was hospitalized with a contusion to the left shoulder (back), contusion to the front of the chest, and laceration to the chin.

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