# Fractures at Good People Brewing Company
> OSHA SIR `2018055308` · 5/31/2018 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oxygen tanks and cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Good People Brewing Company
- **Location:** 114 14th Street South, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35233
- **NAICS:** 312120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee changed the regulator on an oxygen cylinder from an empty bottle to full. When the employee opened the gate valve to supply the oxygen, an ignition occurred and the gate valve ejected from the bottle, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the right hand and a contusion to the sternum.

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