Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at West Texas Gas
Start: 5/15/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054278 · 5/15/2024 · West Texas Gas

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Other semi, tractor-trailer
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: West Texas Gas
Location: 10548 Hwy 206 North, COLEMAN, TEXAS, 76834
NAICS: 424710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fueling a bobtail semi-truck and missed a step while descending the ladder on the back of the truck. He fell 5.5 feet backward to the cement ground. The employee sustained fractures to his right ribs and his sacrum, as well as a collapsed lung.

Source

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