# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Quality Paints & Coatings
> OSHA SIR `2018054513` · 5/9/2018 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Sand, gravel
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Paints & Coatings
- **Location:** 2236 Clairville Rd, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54904
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping a part for painting with an abrasive blaster when he lost control of the blaster and the blasting media contacted his left forearm. Sand was used as the abrasive media.

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