# Fractures at Schlumberger Technologies Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018055172` · 5/26/2018 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **3 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Schlumberger Technologies Corporation
- **Location:** WPX Energy - Lindsay 1015 15H/2H Wells, Loving County, 21 Miles N. of Mentone, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were releasing pressure from a well, moving lines from one well to another and placing a cap on the well-pumping lines. A crown valve was open and blew up. One employee sustained a broken right forearm, a second employee sustained a head injury and a third employee sustained an injury requiring surgery.

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