# Fractures at DAR PRO Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2024043312` · 4/16/2024 · BASTROP, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** DAR PRO Solutions
- **Location:** 264 Farm to Market Road 2336, BASTROP, TEXAS, 78602
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to repair a coupling on a boiler. A metal portion of the coupling flew off and struck the employee in the jaw, resulting in a fractured jawbone that required hospitalization.

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