# Fractures at American Pipeline and Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088657` · 8/22/2018 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hoses
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Pipeline and Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 6 Miles N. of Mentone, Loving County, County Rd. 300, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were performing maintenance on a pipeline by using a pig to clean the line when a hose connected to the pressurized line flew back and struck two employees. The air from the hose injured the third employee. Two of the employees were hospitalized with broken bones and abrasions.

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