# Fractures at ProFrac Services
> OSHA SIR `2024109277` · 10/4/2024 · BRENHAM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead, temple(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ProFrac Services
- **Location:** Oil Field, BRENHAM, TEXAS, 77833
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 24  aluminum pipe wrench to remove a 2  reducer assembly from a 2  casing valve that included a    needle valve and a small gauge. The employee was struck in the forehead with the connections when he removed the assembly due to a pressure release. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and laceration above the left eyebrow and they required surgery.

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