BARNHART, TEXAS—
Brigade Energy Services, LLC
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Brigade Energy Services, LLC, 11 miles north of Barnhart, BARNHART, TEXAS 76930 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee removed nuts on a stripper head and was raising the head up over the annular when the head slipped and struck the employee's left arm, pinning it against studs. The employee's arms sustained multiple fractures.
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