BIG SPRING, TEXAS—
Wood Group Production Services Inc
Gored or rammed by animal · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was reading gas meters when a ram attacked him. The ram struck his lower left leg from behind, resulting in a fractured tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.
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