# Fractures at Transcend Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2016021770` · 2/28/2016 · GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Transcend Drilling
- **Location:** South of Garden City on 33 to CR 290 TL 1.1 miles to rig site on the left., GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drilling machine when a 6-inch collar fell and struck the machine, causing it to rotate and strike the employee's left leg. The employee's left femur fractured.

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