# Cuts, lacerations at RP COATINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017087517` · 8/7/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RP COATINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 3301 S Hwy FF, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sandblasting steel above his head. While he was adjusting his hand position on the nozzle, it slipped out of his hand. When he tried to catch the nozzle, it blasted his arm above the elbow, lacerating his arm and a vein.

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