# Cuts, lacerations at Airgas Specialty Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109814` · 10/24/2023 · PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas Specialty Products Inc
- **Location:** 900 Delaware Avenue, PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18071
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a jaw laceration when air pressure released due to a blown gas line. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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