# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at UNION MAINTENANCE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017099045` · 9/21/2017 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNION MAINTENANCE CORPORATION
- **Location:** Caddell Dry Dock Pier C, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10310
- **NAICS:** 811219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to disconnect a pressurized air hose when blasting grit struck the employee's left eye and face. PPE was not worn at the time.

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