# Cuts, lacerations at North Permian Well Services
> OSHA SIR `2020098697` · 9/13/2020 · SNYDER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** North Permian Well Services
- **Location:** Thunder Valley 236 unit #1H, SNYDER, TEXAS, 79549
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to relieve pressure at the valve of a workover rig. The valve broke under the pressure and the employee's face was lacerated.

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