# Fractures at Pioneer Natural Resources Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118297` · 11/4/2015 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Natural Resources Company
- **Location:** Dove A #3, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 4, 2015, at approximately 8:45 an employee smashed three fingers on his right hand which resulted in hospitalization to surgically repair a broken right pinkie finger. The employee smashed the fingers when his right hand became caught between the rod elevator and tubing in the wellbore.

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