# Fractures at James Marine
> OSHA SIR `2018054700` · 5/15/2018 · PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** James Marine
- **Location:** 4500 Clarks River Road, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, 42003
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pressure testing a fuel tank and void tank on a boat. Liquid was coming out of the pot into the test hose when the T-bar hatch blew off, striking the employee in the left knee and face and knocking him onto his back. He suffered a fractured tibia and broken nose.

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