# Fractures at Falcon Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2018077795` · 7/31/2018 · ACKERLY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Falcon Energy Services
- **Location:** Ackerly Dean unit 114, ACKERLY, TEXAS, 79713
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the drum of an oil rig washing and removing grease from the drum when the operator activated the drum. The employee then fell between the drum and cable, fracturing his right femur.

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