# Cuts, lacerations at J.T. Swabbing Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054723` · 5/29/2016 · COTULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** J.T. Swabbing Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Sanchez Oil & Gas Location, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee hoisted the lubricator up off a well head using a winch and was inspecting the tool stream. The winch malfunctioned and continued to raise the lubricator up which was 8 feet long. It was raised approximately 15 feet off the ground. The cable snapped and the lubricator fell striking the employee and causing a laceration to his chest approximately 6-8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches deep.

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