# Fractures at Big E Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2018032413` · 3/11/2018 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Generators
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Big E Drilling
- **Location:** Nyala Unit 9D  H, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A generator was being replaced on a drilling rig. The 3700 pound generator was lifted and held with a chain attached and carried by an all terrain forklift. While the injured employee was pushing the generator with two other employees, the chain holding the generator slid from the forks of the all terrain forklift and fell backwards onto the employees. The injured employee sustained rib fractures.

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