# Fractures at Wyoming Casing Services
> OSHA SIR `2015118857` · 11/23/2015 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyoming Casing Services
- **Location:** Approximately nine miles north of New Town, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing casing joints in a well using tongs when the bite of the tongs malfunctioned and the tongs bucked unexpectedly. The employee's hand got crushed between the tongs and the derrick, causing hand fractures.

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