# Fractures at Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088722` · 8/23/2018 · DURANGO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipe fittings, collars
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Southern Ute 32-77-1, DURANGO, COLORADO, 81301
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While discharging pressure from and testing a well head, an employee opened a steel valve fitting under 400 pounds of pressure. The fitting unscrewed and was ejected, striking the employee's lower right leg and breaking it.

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