# Fractures at Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020066117` · 6/30/2020 · NARDIN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc
- **Location:** 110144 Johnston Road, NARDIN, OKLAHOMA, 74646
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was actuating a valve handle at an open end pipe extension of a well tree to release gas from a natural gas storage well. The well tree rotated and the pipe extension struck the employee's head causing a skull fracture behind the right ear.

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