# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Helmerich and Payne, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118959` · 11/27/2015 · WATONGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne, Inc.
- **Location:** Compton 1-2-35XH, Section 2-15N-11W, Blaine County, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA, 73772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on a oil and gas drilling rig fell from a height of 85 feet due to icy conditions on the derrick board.  The ladder safety device did not engage properly resulting in the employee's fall. The employee was hospitalized with multiple broken bones, internal injuries, and lacerations.

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