# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Smith Seed Services
> OSHA SIR `2023098717` · 9/21/2023 · LAMAR, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Seed Services
- **Location:** 1800 East 12th Street, LAMAR, MISSOURI, 64759
- **NAICS:** 424210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a seed blending line when a drive pulley on the elevator came loose on the drive shaft and fell to the ground, striking the employee in the head.

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