# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Western Well Service, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2022065144` · 6/14/2022 · NESS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Well Service, LLC.
- **Location:** 10 MI South and 3 MI W of Ness City, NESS CITY, KANSAS, 67560
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went up on a derrick to unchain the block. The tubing line came back in and pushed him. He fell 12 feet from a gird at a pulling unit on the derrick and landed on a metal plate on the back of the rig floor. The employee sustained broken ribs and a puncture wound to the throat.

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