# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Cy-Fair Coatings Inc
> OSHA SIR `20231211172` · 12/7/2023 · CYPRESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cy-Fair Coatings Inc
- **Location:** 18115-1 Telge Road, CYPRESS, TEXAS, 77429
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

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