Fractures

Name: Fractures at Vault Pressure Control
Start: 4/6/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025043194 · 4/6/2025 · Vault Pressure Control

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Wellhead valves
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Vault Pressure Control
Location: Latitude 40.5053890, Longitude -104.585570, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to install a production tree/master valve. The employee grabbed the bull plug and shook the production tree into place. The well blew out on the casing side. The pressure caused the production tree to fall over onto the employee, resulting in a fractured right leg.

Source

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