# Fractures at Tech-Gas Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2024064876` · 6/3/2024 · ROSENBERG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Pressurized containers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Tech-Gas Solutions
- **Location:** 2255 Randon Dyer Rd., ROSENBERG, TEXAS, 77471
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a handwheel on a gas cylinder when the cylinder valve attached to the handwheel broke, causing the cylinder to release and strike the employee. They sustained fractures to their right ulna and scapula.

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