# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Mai Oil Operations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087589` · 8/1/2025 · ELLIS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tow truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Mai Oil Operations, Inc.
- **Location:** North of Intersection of R Road and 360 Ave, in the SW/4 sec 29-13-21W, ELLIS, KANSAS, 67637
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to install a wrist pin that was suspended by a winch truck into a pumping unit when the winch truck pole fell, striking them. The employee sustained a head laceration and crushing injuries to the cervical and thoracic regions of their spine.

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