# Fractures at ProPetro Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021672` · 2/18/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** ProPetro Services, Inc.
- **Location:** V Bar Ranch 10 #1H, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking over to check for leaks on a gauge. The employee noticed three lines/hoses had collapsed. The blender was on and when the valve opened 100 pounds of pressure hit the hoses causing them to jump up and strike the employee breaking the right tibia and fibula.

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