# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United States Army Corps of Engineers/ Lock & Dam
> OSHA SIR `2019021477` · 2/9/2019 · UTICA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Surfacing handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Army Corps of Engineers/ Lock & Dam
- **Location:** 000, UTICA, ILLINOIS, 61373
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 9, 2019, an employee was operating an abrasive blasting tool when the pressurized media hit the employee in the knee. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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