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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. Report ID 2019021911
Address Rig #54, Barrows 28#3 City, State ZIP MIDLAND, TEXAS 79707
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 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.05000, -102.23000

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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