# Dislocation of joints at Halliburton Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2016087141` · 8/2/2016 · RUNGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Halliburton Energy Services
- **Location:** Neller Gas Unit 1#C2H, RUNGE, TEXAS, 78151
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a rig down and had finished cementing. He was attempting to remove the cement plug of the plug container by lowering the plug to the ground using a wench. The plug shifted and the employee's left wrist was caught between the drill pipe and the manifold on the plug container. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated left wrist.

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