# Fractures at C&D Production Specialist Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010999` · 1/30/2018 · COTULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** C&D Production Specialist Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 28.416865,-99.209953, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bleeding down an injector line to bring a well back online when the line blew at a 90-connection.  A 14-foot, 6-inch section of pipe blew out and broke the employee's tibia/fibula.

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