# Fractures at Petroplex Acidizing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032392` · 3/10/2018 · PYOTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Petroplex Acidizing, Inc.
- **Location:** OXY L Black 88-87 4N, PYOTE, TEXAS, 79777
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was releasing 9,500 PSI pressure by surging a 2-inch 1502 iron bleed-off line when the bleed-off iron shifted and struck his right leg, fracturing his foot and ankle. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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