# Open wounds, unspecified at Oil State Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212843` · 12/14/2018 · KENEDY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Oil State Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** Kennedy Holland Brown, KENEDY, TEXAS, 78119
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While trying to isolate a valve, an employee was thrown 50 feet by a pressure release. The employee was struck on the head, suffering a head injury requiring eight stitches, and was hospitalized.

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