# Concussions at Natural Gas Solutions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087506` · 8/16/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Natural Gas Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** 16240 Port Northwest Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were at a closed 3-inch loop pipe to test meters. The system had a leak and the injured employee went to fix it. The injured employee was removing a valve when he was struck in the head with approximately 50 psi of air pressure. He was knocked into a chain link fence, sustained a concussion and had a seizure due to the injury. He was hospitalized.

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