Fractures

Name: Fractures at MERCER WELL SERVICE
Start: 12/6/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211382 · 12/6/2016 · MERCER WELL SERVICE

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: MERCER WELL SERVICE
Location: Shell E&P Anna K44-1, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unscrewing lock pins from a wellhead to remove a tubing hanger when an L-80 joint of tubing and hanger was ejected from the frac valve due to the pressure-to-weight differential. The tubing and hanger struck the employee's back, fracturing the L1 vertebra.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown