# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Northeast Laboratories Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022032048` · 3/7/2022 · BERLIN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** Northeast Laboratories Inc
- **Location:** 129 Mill Street, BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, 06037
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a new project in a microbiology lab. Cold water was added to hot glassware, which exploded. Glass from the exploding glassware injured his left eye.

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