BAKERFIELD--Sheriff's detectives are investigating an oil field fight Tuesday morning that left a worker severely injured.
Bobby Fitts was airlifted to the hospital from the oil lease near Derby Acres yesterday, after authorities said he was struck over the head several times with a pipe wrench by a coworker.
The other worker then fled, eyewitnesses said.
The Taft Midway Driller identifies the coworker as Michael Atkison, 46, of Bakersfield.
Atkinson was later arrested at the Buena Vista Golf Course Tuesday evening, the paper reported.
Atkison was booked into the downtown jail in Bakersfield on a $50,000 bond on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. He is listed in the arrest log as a utility craftsman.
KMC officials said they were unable to update Fitts' medical condition due to privacy laws. Fitts lists PCL as his employer on his Facebook page, but the company declined to confirm whether Fitts or Atkinson were employees.
"We take this kind of thing very seriously," said PCL Construction spokesman Mike Long. "So we have investigators on scene and we are working to get all the details to understand what happened and take the appropriate response."
Bobby Fitts was airlifted to the hospital from the oil lease near Derby Acres yesterday, after authorities said he was struck over the head several times with a pipe wrench by a coworker.
The other worker then fled, eyewitnesses said.
The Taft Midway Driller identifies the coworker as Michael Atkison, 46, of Bakersfield.
Atkinson was later arrested at the Buena Vista Golf Course Tuesday evening, the paper reported.
Atkison was booked into the downtown jail in Bakersfield on a $50,000 bond on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. He is listed in the arrest log as a utility craftsman.
KMC officials said they were unable to update Fitts' medical condition due to privacy laws. Fitts lists PCL as his employer on his Facebook page, but the company declined to confirm whether Fitts or Atkinson were employees.
"We take this kind of thing very seriously," said PCL Construction spokesman Mike Long. "So we have investigators on scene and we are working to get all the details to understand what happened and take the appropriate response."