# Fractures at OXY USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054262` · 5/16/2022 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OXY USA, Inc.
- **Location:** Tabasco Cat BCD Pad, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 211120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning to walk away from a compressor when a 2-inch pipeline detached and struck the employee's back. The employee suffered a back fracture and was hospitalized.

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