# Abrasions, scratches at AVALOTIS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018055156` · 5/25/2018 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** AVALOTIS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 2020 West 3rd Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44113
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an abrasive blaster when its hose caught on the platform he was working on. The blaster turned on the employee, and its steel shot caused an abrasion below his chin. The dead man's switch on the blaster had been disabled.

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