# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at National Vacuum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017065260` · 6/9/2017 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** National Vacuum Corporation
- **Location:** 3181 Buffalo Avenue, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14303
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a drum filled with chunks of lithium. The employee hooked a drum cart to the drum and tilted it back. The drum lid blew off and struck the employee in the face and upper body.

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