# Fractures at Western Well Service, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2023010965` · 1/31/2023 · GORHAM, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Well Service, LLC.
- **Location:** Mai Operating lease Brungardt #4; 1 mile west of Gorham, KS, north 6.5 miles, east into location, GORHAM, KANSAS, 67640
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling up wellheads using a slip puller when the tubing line parted, causing the traveling blocks to fall on the employee's arm. The employee sustained an elbow fracture.

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