# Fractures at Newman Operating, Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018032379` · 3/9/2018 · BENAVIDES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Operating, Co.
- **Location:** S of Benavides, BENAVIDES, TEXAS, 78341
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bleeding down the well in the process of plugging an abandoned well when the valve blew apart resulting in a lower left leg fracture.

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