# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ultimate Abatement Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020055049` · 5/22/2020 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ultimate Abatement Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 15 Harlowe Street, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01610
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/22/2020, an employee was breaking up a cast iron boiler with a sledgehammer when a metal fragment struck the employee in the eye, causing eye trauma that required hospitalization.

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