# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at BL Oil Field Services LP
> OSHA SIR `2023098856` · 9/26/2023 · HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BL Oil Field Services LP
- **Location:** State Hwy 90, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS, 77964
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a drilling rig as tongs were being hoisted. The lifting chain failed and the tongs fell on the employee and pinned him against the drilling rig floor. The employee sustained injuries to internal organs and their legs that required hospitalization.

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