# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Weldship Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231211345` · 12/13/2023 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nitrogen
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Weldship Corporation
- **Location:** 225 West Second Street, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.

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