# Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c. at Tideline Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2019088188` · 8/9/2019 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Tideline Staffing
- **Location:** 1224 Boulevard of the Arts, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34236
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using compressed air to blow a sponge through a concrete pipeline to clean the pipe. The employee was disengaging the fitting of the air hose reducer, which was still under pressure, when the reducer struck the employee just below the hard hat line. The employee suffered a concussion, brain bleed, and forehead laceration.

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