# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at SPN Well Services
> OSHA SIR `2019010683` · 1/20/2019 · PEARSALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** SPN Well Services
- **Location:** Longhorn A 104 H, PEARSALL, TEXAS, 78061
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a pipe wrench to a saver sub in order to torque it to a power swivel. Once the pipe was attached, the power swivel unexpectedly began turning, causing the wrench to spin around and push the employee into the handrails on the rig floor. The employee suffered four broken ribs and internal bleeding.

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