# Cuts, lacerations at JT Thorpe and Son Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020098709` · 9/14/2020 · ROXANA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Surfacing handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JT Thorpe and Son Inc
- **Location:** 900 S Central Ave, ROXANA, ILLINOIS, 62084
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was abrasive blasting structural steel when their air supply hood caught on something causing the employee to lose their balance. As the employee reached to regain their balance, the abrasive nozzle crossed their arm causing a laceration/abrasion injury to their wrist.

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