# Fractures at XL Oilfield Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211260` · 12/29/2022 · GILLETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** XL Oilfield Services, LLC
- **Location:** Maple 3-H Well Location Intersection of CR 285/ CR 277, GILLETT, TEXAS, 78116
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder accessing the top of a vessel. He was using a hand wrench to tighten an outlet piping flange. The wrench slipped off the flange, causing the employee to fall 8 feet to the ground and sustain 4 rib and 3 back fractures. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

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