# Fractures at Total Depth Well Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099132` · 9/22/2017 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Total Depth Well Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Radermecher 2 -22H Well Site, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve while standing on the platform when the employee fell approximately 3.5 feet to the ground, breaking ribs.

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