# Fractures at Leviathan Energy L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2022076497` · 7/25/2022 · APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Leviathan Energy L.P.
- **Location:** Porter Well Pad, APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15613
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to change out the choke parts to fix a leaking choke on the belly dump of a gas production unit (GPU). While the choke was being unbolted, pressure came through it, blowing the employee backward and causing lacerations and broken bones in their face.

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