# Fractures at Corrosion Resistance, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2025077490` · 7/30/2025 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Sandblasting machinery
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Corrosion Resistance, Ltd.
- **Location:** 975 Northfield Rd., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee ascended a ladder affixed to a sandblasting pot in order to refill the pot with blasting agent. Upon opening the top lid of the pot, the lid flew open due to internal pressure which startled the employee and caused them to fall approximately 4 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to both feet.

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