# Fractures at Big E Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2015042314` · 4/23/2015 · LOVELADY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Big E Drilling
- **Location:** Rig #3, LOVELADY, TEXAS, 75851
- **NAICS:** 211112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching drill pipe to elevators using his hands. His fingers got stuck between the elevator and the drill pipe, which broke two fingers (pointer and middle finger of the right hand).

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