# Fractures at Cactus Drilling Company, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2016098850` · 9/19/2016 · COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Drilling Company, L.L.C.
- **Location:** Rig# 141 - Vine, COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA, 71019
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a light bulb on a rig unit when he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, breaking four ribs on his right side and suffering a lung contusion.

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