# Cuts, lacerations at Messer LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076207` · 7/15/2022 · JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Messer LLC
- **Location:** Pepsi Bottling Company, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15904
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering liquid carbon dioxide. A CO2 valve was open, and the release of pressure struck the employee in the chest. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a head laceration.

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