# Fractures at Nucor Steel Texas
> OSHA SIR `20181212874` · 12/15/2018 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Texas
- **Location:** 8812 US-79, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring liquid steel into a buildup area. As he was disconnecting a compressed natural gas hose, it struck him in the face causing a laceration to the jaw and cheek bone area and a potential fracture.

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