# Fractures at Latshaw Drilling and Exploration, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015075090` · 7/27/2015 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Latshaw Drilling and Exploration, LLC
- **Location:** 20 miles south of Pecos, TX, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 27, 2015, a work crew was rigging up. At approximately 11:45 PM, a guardrail was installed. Before the workers secured it with bolts, the injured employee leaned against it and fell 26 feet to the ground below. He sustained five small fractures to his back and was hospitalized.

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