# Fractures at Occidental Petroleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022065430` · 6/22/2022 · DENVER CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- **Location:** Bennett Ranch Unit 3405, DENVER CITY, TEXAS, 79323
- **NAICS:** 424710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was depressurizing an isolated section of piping in preparation to service a CO2 injection well meter. The 1/2-inch meter assembly piping parted and struck the employee, fracturing their right humerus.

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