(3/13/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- A man is recovering in a Galveston hospital after being injured on an offshore oil rig.
The Coast Guard launched a rescue helicopter yesterday to pick up the man near Sabine Pass. Authorities report the man was working on a rig near High Island when he suffered a broken arm and possibly broken ribs.
Rig crew members were able to move him to a vessel that was heading towards shore when the Coast Guard arrived.
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