# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at GATX Locomotive Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181011058` · 10/26/2018 · WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** GATX Locomotive Group, LLC
- **Location:** 2610 Industrial Drive, WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
- **NAICS:** 482111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a tanker car using a grit-blast hose and stretched it out to roll it up. The hose trigger button was then hit and pressurized grit was released, striking him in the neck. He was hospitalized with a laceration and contusions, requiring surgery.

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