# Fractures at Enterprise Products Partners LP
> OSHA SIR `20161110315` · 11/1/2016 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Enterprise Products Partners LP
- **Location:** 809 Dock Road, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 486110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an air compressor. The plastic line coupling blew off and struck the employee in the face lacerating and breaking the employee's nose and breaking their cheekbone.

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