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Stealth Oilwell Services, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — GOLDSMITH, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Stealth Oilwell Services, LLC in GOLDSMITH, TEXAS
Employer Stealth Oilwell Services, LLC Report ID 2018077021
Address Goldsmith-Cumins, Deep Unit 316, Ector County City, State ZIP GOLDSMITH, TEXAS 79741
Event Date July 12, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Thigh(s)
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Racks-garment and other
Secondary Source Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.98000, -102.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee unloaded two pipe racks off a flatbed trailer, set them aside, and climbed on the trailer to remove the chains from the other racks. The employee then climbed off the trailer and began walking back toward the cab on the driver's side when a pipe rack rolled off the trailer and caught the employee's left thigh, fracturing the left femur.

Incident Summary

On July 12, 2018, a worker at Stealth Oilwell Services, LLC in GOLDSMITH, TEXAS suffered fractures to the thigh(s). The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with racks-garment and other identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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