# Fractures at Cactus Wellhead, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076988` · 7/12/2018 · ROGERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Wellhead, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Butternut Hollow Road, ROGERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15359
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 2" riser pipe from a casing head with a pipe wrench when backside pressure pushed the riser up and it struck the employee's forehead. He was then covered in drilling mud, which evacuated the well behind the pipe. He suffered a forehead laceration and skull fracture.

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