# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Mesa Southern Well Services, LP
> OSHA SIR `2015064227` · 6/30/2015 · COTULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mesa Southern Well Services, LP
- **Location:** Well ZCWB #4H, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were running rods downhole on a servicing rig when the pump hit a tight spot causing slack on the rods. The slack resulted in the rod elevator breaking and allowing the rods to come loose. The rod struck the employee in the middle, right side of the back and knocked him to the ground.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*