# Fractures at JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099933` · 9/25/2018 · GREAT BEND, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JACAM Chemicals 2013, LLC
- **Location:** Zink 1-34 Well, RJM Oil Co Inc, GREAT BEND, KANSAS, 67530
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were trying to connect a wellhead with a two-to-one swedge and a quick coupler. A valve was opened to route pressure through the swedge. The swedge's threads stripped and it struck an employee in the ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

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