# Fractures at Cobey Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098099` · 9/20/2021 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Cobey Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Ship Canal Parkway, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14218
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating the accumulation of condensation at a pipe connection and was inspecting the flange at the connection. The residual pressure in the system caused the pipe to release from the connection and strike the employee, fracturing his neck, back, collarbone, and multiple ribs and lacerating the back of his head.

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