# Fractures at Qualex Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054395` · 5/17/2023 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Hoses
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualex Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 221 Sunset Blvd, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve to allow gas to empty into a manifold system when the line blew off. The employee was struck by the barbed hose from a tank, resulting in a laceration on the left side of the head between the left eye and ear as well as a neck fracture.

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