# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Caltex Energy Group
> OSHA SIR `2022043040` · 4/6/2022 · MIDKIFF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caltex Energy Group
- **Location:** GPS: 31.659829 -101.843921, MIDKIFF, TEXAS, 79755
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting power cables/cords on the floor of a rig. The employee was partially standing on the bat door when it activated, causing the employee to fall approximately 30 feet to the ground and sustain eight fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and bruising to the kidney, liver, and spleen.

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