# Abrasions at Brock Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2024053940` · 5/6/2024 · LINDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air blast
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Brock Industrial Services
- **Location:** 1400 South Park Avenue, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, 07036
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing abrasive blasting on two six-inch pipes. While rolling the pipe in the kneeling position, the blast nozzle engaged. They sustained an abrasion of the right inner thigh from the abrasive blasting media contacting them at 95 PSI.

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