# Fractures at Boston Gas Company
> OSHA SIR `2023109481` · 10/13/2023 · HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston Gas Company
- **Location:** 60 Woodside Road, HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01451
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a natural gas distribution valve when the valve failed. The employee was struck by the valve and sustained facial fractures.

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