# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Big Country Energy Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010900` · 1/27/2018 · KEENE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Country Energy Services LLC
- **Location:** 113th Avenue NW & 34th Street NW, KEENE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58847
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a valve open by hand when a pig within the pipe struck the valve, causing the lever to strike the employee, who then fell to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs and a bruised lung, requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*