# Fractures at Pioneer Coil Tubbing Services
> OSHA SIR `20181212478` · 12/5/2018 · GEORGE WEST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Coil Tubbing Services
- **Location:** 3199 HWY 281, GEORGE WEST, TEXAS, 78022
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was discarding metal pieces into a bin when the metal bounced back and struck the employee's cheek. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured cheekbone.

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