# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Axis Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2025076653` · 7/9/2025 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
- **Secondary source:** Wellhead valves
## Employer
- **Name:** Axis Energy Services
- **Location:** 7505 W. Interstate 20 Service Rd, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79763
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During maintenance of an annular blowout preventer, air pressure was applied to dislodge a stuck internal piston. The piston ejected and struck an employee's left bicep, causing a laceration and a fracture.

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