# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031586` · 3/30/2015 · CENTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** N:31.6477, CENTER, TEXAS, 75935
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a drilling rig floor during normal drilling operations when pressure built up and blew through a hole. The employee was blown backwards and hit his head and arm. His head and arm sustained lacerations. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery on a fractured skull.

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