# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Blackhawk Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2016088141` · 8/30/2016 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blackhawk Energy Services
- **Location:** Rig #29, CR 349 and Intersection of CR 176, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79702
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about August 31, 2016, an employee was disconnecting drill pipe joints in the rig and slipped and fell. The drill pipe joint came down and struck his right hand middle and index fingers.

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