# Fractures at Bison Specialty Services
> OSHA SIR `20191010591` · 10/9/2019 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bison Specialty Services
- **Location:** 9981 US-90, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77713
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydroblasting when the sprinkler head malfunctioned. Water shot out of the hose at 18,000 psi, blowing off a piece of pipe and tubing. The piece impaled an employee's left leg, breaking the tibia.

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