# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Cannon Steel Erection Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221210943` · 12/16/2022 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Cannon Steel Erection Inc
- **Location:** 2400 S. McArthur, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with the erection of a steel beam. As the beam was being lifted it came loose from the choker and began to fall. The employee went to push the beam out of the way and it struck him in the throat.

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