# Fractures at Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Industrial
> OSHA SIR `20241110208` · 11/1/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Industrial
- **Location:** 1204 Hays Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77009
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a valve. Their arm became caught between the actuator sleeve and actuator flange during testing. The employee sustained a fractured right forearm.

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