MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Mulholland Energy Services, LLC
Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
Final narrative
An employee was installing a rear suspension airbag beneath a hydro-excavation truck when the airbag slipped off the truck's frame and struck him in the face. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures and an intraparenchymal hemorrhage and was hospitalized.
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