# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Arizona Public Service Power Plant - NM
> OSHA SIR `2021021314` · 2/12/2021 · FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arizona Public Service Power Plant - NM
- **Location:** P. O. Box 26110, FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO, 87416
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Five employees were conducting a maintenance check of an auxiliary safety valve. The valve failed and released pressurized steam. One employee fell while evacuating the area and suffered a knee injury. He was hospitalized.

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