# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Liberty Utilities
> OSHA SIR `20181112163` · 11/28/2018 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Utilities
- **Location:** 150 Haskell Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Air pressure was being applied to an underground natural gas line. The air escaped from the line, and air and dirt entered an employee's skin under his pants leg. He suffered a serious leg injury.

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