# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Tile Installation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066246` · 6/23/2018 · BERLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tile Installation, Inc.
- **Location:** 3 Bassett Road, BERLIN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01503
- **NAICS:** 238340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing tile when an abrasive wheel grinder kicked back, striking him in the left shin. He was hospitalized.

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