# Fractures at Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032570` · 3/22/2022 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, LLC
- **Location:** Wheat 1-77-2-8, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cut into a hollow rod that was filled with fluid pressure, which caused a bar to flip and hit the employee's left arm. The employee's forearm was broken.

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