# Fractures at Alpine Well Service
> OSHA SIR `2017087686` · 8/11/2017 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Well Service
- **Location:** 4529 Nicholson Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an oil rig when a rod transfer became hung up, came loose, and struck the employee, knocking him out of a rod basket. He landed face first on a tubing board and broke his leg, jaw, nose, and other facial bones.

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