# Cuts, lacerations at Summit Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `20171010364` · 10/30/2017 · LONGMONT, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Summit Oilfield Services
- **Location:** 40.20, -104.9876, LONGMONT, COLORADO, 80504
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a slick line truck to pull production tools out of an existing well. He was in the cab and the truck was stationary, when one of the slick line cables snapped under tension. The cable shot back into the cab of the truck and lacerated an artery in the employee's neck.

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