Fractures

Name: Fractures at Western Well Service, LLC.
Start: 1/31/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023010965 · 1/31/2023 · Western Well Service, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Elbow(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Western Well Service, LLC.
Location: Mai Operating lease Brungardt #4; 1 mile west of Gorham, KS, north 6.5 miles, east into location, GORHAM, KANSAS, 67640
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling up wellheads using a slip puller when the tubing line parted, causing the traveling blocks to fall on the employee's arm. The employee sustained an elbow fracture.

Source

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