# Fractures at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171212246` · 12/27/2017 · PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
- **Location:** Miller Compressor Station, PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO, 80651
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting down a compressor unit using the shut-down button inside an electrical panel. When he pressed the button, the door blew back from pressure and struck him, knocking him off his feet into a trash bin. He then got up to fight a small fire that had developed in the electrical panel. He suffered broken ribs as well as facial and chest contusions.

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