# Fractures at Meritum Energy
> OSHA SIR `20241110477` · 11/10/2024 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air blast
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Meritum Energy
- **Location:** 6341 CR 308, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a compressed natural gas trailer gauge when a pressure release struck the employee's chest and forced the employee into a cement post. The employee's back was fractured.

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