# Fractures at Epic Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181011107` · 10/27/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Epic Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** 1743 Haley Ranch Road, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding an I-beam when the grinder disk ruptured and blew into the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and requiring hospitalization.

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