# Fractures at Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110237` · 11/2/2024 · KILGORE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
- **Location:** 3550 E. Goforth Road, KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an injector head feeding chain with a rope, when the rope broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left elbow and three ribs.

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