# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
> OSHA SIR `2017065696` · 6/21/2017 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
- **Location:** 2705 Richmond Terrace, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10303
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up a lay-down yard when a pressurized CO2 bottle valve discharged, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit and cut the back of his head and suffered shoulder pain, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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