Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Cardinal Coil Tubing
Start: 11/11/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110508 · 11/11/2024 · Cardinal Coil Tubing

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: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment n.e.c.
Secondary source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils

Employer

Name: Cardinal Coil Tubing
Location: 9203 West County Road 139, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing into a reel to operate the inside reel valve when a shift of weight caused the reel to rotate. The employee got caught between a spoke of the wheel and the wall of the trailer, resulting in a crush injury to the chest, a lacerated spleen, multiple hemorrhages and internal bleeding, a fractured rib, an anterior chest wall abrasion, and back abrasions.

Source

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