# Fractures at 3S Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021783` · 2/17/2019 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** 3S Services, LLC
- **Location:** XTO Bradford Trust Water Station, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79705
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a clamp to replace a blind. As he removed the bolts on the clamp, the blind came free, striking him in the chin. He suffered a broken jaw, a broken nose, and facial lacerations.

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