# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lockhart Geophysical
> OSHA SIR `2019010057` · 1/2/2019 · GARDEN CITY, KANSAS
## 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:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Lockhart Geophysical
- **Location:** 6 miles North of Bushnell East side of Road 17, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, 67846
- **NAICS:** 541360
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the hydraulic fluid pressure valve on a thumper truck when hydraulic fluid spewed from the pressure valve onto the walking surface of the thumper truck. The employee then slipped and fell approximately 6 feet from the truck to the ground, sustaining four broken ribs on the left side and a left lung contusion.

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