Fall, slip, trip, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Big Country Energy Services LLC, 113th Avenue NW & 34th Street NW, KEENE, NORTH DAKOTA 58847
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was holding a valve open by hand when a pig within the pipe struck the valve, causing the lever to strike the employee, who then fell to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs and a bruised lung, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersNonclassifiable
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