# Fractures at Birch Resources, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098394` · 9/3/2020 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressure lines, except hoses
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Birch Resources, LLC
- **Location:** Argent Barksdale 4LS, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were turning a well back on. An employee was standing next to a tester when a flex line failed under pressure and blew, striking and fracturing the employee's left collarbone and jaw.

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