# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Metro Green Recycling Two, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010012` · 1/2/2025 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Green Recycling Two, LLC
- **Location:** 2490 Marietta Rd NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 2, 2025, an employee was adding air to a water system when the PVC manifold broke. A fragment of PVC struck the employee in the face and they were hospitalized with a laceration to their chin and jaw.

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