Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Name: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Diamondback Energy
Start: 8/23/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088412 · 8/23/2025 · Diamondback Energy

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Springs, coils
Secondary source: Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified

Employer

Name: Diamondback Energy
Location: Apollo 38-1 #233, TARZAN, TEXAS, 79783
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working to pull and inspect a plunger. While working to move the bumper spring further up for retrieval using gas pressure, the bumper spring ejected forcefully into the air, falling back down, and striking the employee on the back of the hard hat. The employee sustained a brain bleed and concussion, and fractures to their neck/cervical spine.

Source

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