# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Rice Tunneling & Boring Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010172` · 1/7/2015 · DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rice Tunneling & Boring Inc.
- **Location:** 1366 N. Main, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, 75116
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a horizontal drilling machine when the drive shaft came loose and hit the guard. This broke the guard, which then hit the employee's seat.  The employee was knocked off the machine.

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