# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Preferred Energy Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065350` · 6/17/2024 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Wellhead valves
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Preferred Energy Inc
- **Location:** 152N-104W-19-Lot233-053-09980, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pressurized choker valve at a wellsite when it separated and struck their head, resulting in a fractured jaw, fractured nose canal, and broken teeth.

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