# Fractures at Chicago Beverage Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054257` · 5/7/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Beer and soda kegs
## Employer
- **Name:** Chicago Beverage Systems LLC
- **Location:** 441 N. Kilborne, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60624
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to empty and depressurize kegs. As he removed the stem from a keg, the stem discharged into his face, fracturing his facial bones.

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