# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at SPN Well Services
> OSHA SIR `2019022167` · 2/27/2019 · PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SPN Well Services
- **Location:** WCR 25 and WCR 40, PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO, 80651
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The rig crew was topping off the well with fluid when the operator noticed that the gauge was reading 0 psi. The rig operator leaned over the well head to check for flow inside the well head when an ice plug that had formed released from the well head and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered injuries to his face and eyes.

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