# Fractures at Brooklyn Union Gas
> OSHA SIR `2025043817` · 4/24/2025 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brooklyn Union Gas
- **Location:** 160 86th street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11201
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a metal plug into a machine. He was using a wrench to turn the metal plug a quarter turn more when the round plug weighing approximately 2 pounds failed and blew off from pressure, striking the employee in the face. The employee sustained facial lacerations and a fractured jaw.

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