# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Trio Equipment Rentals & Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015021157` · 2/5/2015 · WHITSETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Trio Equipment Rentals & Services, LLC
- **Location:** 5 mi. from intersection of IH-37 Hwy. 99 near, WHITSETT, TEXAS, 78075
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee at a remote Marathon Oil jobsite was pressure testing pipe when he was struck-by 9500psi of water when bolts broke on the flange connecting two pipes causing the high pressure water to strike the employee and one other sub-contractor's employee who were standing approximately 15 feet away.

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