# Fractures at ASAP Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031165` · 3/13/2015 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ASAP Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 908 Blimp Rd., HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure-testing a sand separator in a test booth. The employee entered the test booth to remove a plug on the sand separator. Before entering, he turned off the water hose and turned on the high-pressure pump. As he removed the plug, a failure occurred. The employee sustained a broken arm, and the plug was embedded in his arm.

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