# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Southland Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066394` · 6/25/2019 · KERENS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tunneling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Southland Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 16540 NE CR 3040, KERENS, TEXAS, 75144
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a metal wedge from a tall tunnel boring machine when pressure from the equipment caused the wedge to strike the employee's face, injuring the right cheek and nose.

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