# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at OXBOW CALCINING LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024088049` · 8/29/2024 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** OXBOW CALCINING LLC
- **Location:** 3901 Coke Dock Rd., PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was uncoupling a hose from an air compressor. The pressurized hose struck the employee's left side, fracturing a rib and lacerating their kidney and spleen.

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