# Cuts, lacerations at Guichard Operating Company, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2016043383` · 4/22/2016 · GUEYDAN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Guichard Operating Company, L.L.C.
- **Location:** Well drilling site in Vermillion, GUEYDAN, LOUISIANA, 70542
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the floor plate of a drilling rig when the method of attaching the floor plate to the structure failed. The employee fell 17 feet to the ground, suffering a head laceration that required surgery.

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