# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Big Lake Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010168` · 1/6/2017 · CRANE, 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 air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lake Services, LLC
- **Location:** Dorothy A-02 WB, Upton County, 15 Miles SE of Crane, CRANE, TEXAS, 79731
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a blowout preventer. When he went to remove the valve removal plug, pressure (approximately 300 PSI) released and struck him, blowing him 20 to 30 feet away. He was hospitalized.

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