# Cuts, lacerations at Pryor Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2015085726` · 8/15/2015 · PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pryor Chemical Company
- **Location:** 4463 Hunt St., PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on the well head to bleed pressure off a tank so that ethylene glycol could be added. The sight glass on the tank exploded and struck one of the employees in the face, causing a severe facial laceration and requiring surgery.

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