# Cuts, lacerations at A&R Logistics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099295` · 9/28/2017 · EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Plastic chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** A&R Logistics, Inc.
- **Location:** 443 Shaker Road, EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01028
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a pipe cap on a pneumatic trailer to unload plastic pellets when the pipe cap and plastic pellets released under pressure and struck him. He suffered contusions and lacerations to the chest, arms, and legs.

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