# Fractures at Valerus Compression Services LP
> OSHA SIR `2019021246` · 2/4/2019 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Valerus Compression Services LP
- **Location:** 1787 Private road 4017, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing down a vessel through a stinger pipe that was pointing up. As he reached with his right hand and opened the ball valve to release pressure, the stinger pipe swung to the left and struck his left elbow, causing multiple fractures.

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