# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at ExxonMobil Chemical Company-Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
> OSHA SIR `2024010290` · 1/11/2024 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ExxonMobil Chemical Company-Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
- **Location:** 11440 Highway 90, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77713
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing valves in preparation to clear lines on an ethylene inlet "Y" strainer. A hose was being hooked up to empty the residual ethylene in the line. There was an unexpected release of ethylene, and the pressure caused an unloading arm to swing back and strike the top of the employee's head.

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