# Cuts, lacerations at Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022021761` · 2/24/2022 · VENICE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
- **Location:** 501 Tidewater Rd, VENICE, LOUISIANA, 70091
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flowing a gas well. An ice plug formed in the line (upstream) and restricted pressure downstream. The employee began bleeding off the line downstream and the ice plug released. This caused a pressure difference, sending the ice plug downstream. The ball valve that was used to bleed the line was blown off, striking the employee in the right bicep and causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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