# Fractures at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2019022037` · 2/23/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** 801 Cherry St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76102
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to stab a joint of tubing to make a connection. The string of tubing knocked the employee off the rig floor to the ground, causing multiple fractures.

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