# Fractures at Gulf Copper
> OSHA SIR `2024043334` · 4/17/2024 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air blast
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Copper
- **Location:** 2920 Todd Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking near a blast pot when a fitting on the pot broke free causing pressure to discharge and knock the employee to the ground. This resulted in hospitalization for two lacerations on their head and a fractured left wrist.

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