# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kiska Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109654` · 10/10/2020 · WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiska Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Rober Moses Causeway, WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK, 11795
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sandblasting at a bridge when the nozzle and blast tip of the line unthreaded. The employee fell backward injuring his back and metallic grit (sandblasting material) caused an abrasion to his arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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