# Fractures at Dakota Chemical Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023032400` · 3/16/2023 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Chemical Inc
- **Location:** Lavern 42x-14axb, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 16, 2023, an employee was working at a well site. The employee, wearing a fall harness, was being lifted off the rig floor with a winch line to close a valve. The winch line caught between a tubing board hinge and a derrick and pulled up, causing the employee to strike the tubing elevators and suffer a broken pelvis. The employee was hospitalized.

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