Fall on same level due to slipping · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Willow Creek Companies, LLC, Halley Compressor Station, KERMIT, TEXAS 79745
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the thigh(s).
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Final narrative
Employees were installing grounding tools as part of an addition to a compressor station. An employee was hammer-drilling a ground rod when the edge of a trench failed; the employee slipped, fell, and landed on the rod, which impaled his inner thigh.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Ground, n.e.c.
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