# Fractures at ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2024109922` · 10/24/2024 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Walked or ran into stationary object
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery
- **Location:** 5000 Bayway Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine surveillance operation rounds on a furnace and nearby equipment. The employee heard a rumbling sound coming from a low-pressure steam vent and when he looked up, he saw water falling from the vent. He quickly moved to avoid the falling water and ran into a pipe and then fell, resulting in a right tibia fracture.

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