# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Jay-Bee Oil and Gas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087396` · 8/3/2017 · ALMA, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Jay-Bee Oil and Gas, Inc.
- **Location:** Happy Well Pad, ALMA, WEST VIRGINIA, 26320
- **NAICS:** 211112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 3, 2017, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was tending a well while standing between two gas production units approximately 15 feet from a sand separator. At that time, a threaded pipe that was going into the top of the sand separator blew apart. The pipe separated at a 90 degree elbow and released approximately 2,300 lbs. of pressure. The gas from the line projected down towards the ground and the employee's skin was struck by ground debris. He was hospitalized.

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