Aries Well Service, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part - Fractures - MIDLAND, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Aries Well Service, Inc. in MIDLAND, Texas
Employer Aries Well Service, Inc.
Address Rig #54, Barrows 28#3
City, State ZIP MIDLAND, Texas 79707
Report ID 2019021911
Event Date February 20, 2019
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Pelvis
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source of Injury Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
Secondary Source Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Industry (NAICS) 213112
GPS Coordinates 32.05000, -102.23000

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Incident Narrative

Employees were cleaning out tubing to set a packer, using a tool that screwed onto a joint 25-30 feet in the air. The tool came unscrewed and fell, breaking an employee's pelvis on the left side.

Incident Summary

On February 20, 2019, a worker at Aries Well Service, Inc. in MIDLAND, Texas suffered fractures to the pelvis. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with handtools-power not determined, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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