# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wellbore Integrity Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010578` · 1/18/2023 · HUFFMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Air pressure, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellbore Integrity Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 23203 FM 2100 Rd., HUFFMAN, TEXAS, 77336
- **NAICS:** 211120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were using an air motor or "rattle" to remove cement and break up a blockage from the inside of a drill pipe joint. As the injured employee was maneuvering the tool in the drill pipe, it struck a pocket of air buildup between the tool and the blockage, causing the tool to be forced out of the drill pipe and strike the employee in the left rib cage. The employee was hospitalized for fractured and bruised ribs.

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