# Fractures at 2 Fox Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `2023098907` · 9/27/2023 · EPPING, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** 2 Fox Oilfield Services
- **Location:** 5537 123rd Avenue Northwest, EPPING, NORTH DAKOTA, 58843
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing/cleaning up a pipe that had been welded using a handheld angle grinder. A piece of the grinding wheel broke and struck the employee's arm. The grinder then became caught and kicked back up toward the employee's face, resulting in a facial laceration and fractures to the teeth, nose, and face.

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