# Fractures at Marathon Oil Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017021596` · 2/17/2017 · KENEDY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized air-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Oil Corporation
- **Location:** 2102 and FM 626, KENEDY, TEXAS, 78119
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a two inch plug and was thrown by the pressure build up (1100-1200 psi). The employee suffered a puncture wound to the leg, a broken left arm and fractures to the head and face.

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