Fractures

Name: Fractures at Brigad Energy Services, LLC
Start: 9/11/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099501 · 9/11/2019 · Brigad Energy Services, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Brigad Energy Services, LLC
Location: Reban Mcelvian 001H, Loving County, 8 Miles East of Mentone on Hwy. 302, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were rigging up a work-over rig. One of the rig wires caught on a 1-inch ball valve and the pressure from the rig rising caused the valve to be sent up as a projectile. It struck an employee on the right side of the face and forehead, fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized.

Source

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