# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Sidewinder Drilling
> OSHA SIR `20161110878` · 11/19/2016 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sidewinder Drilling
- **Location:** Rig Location Permian Basin, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a wind brace and connecting a mast to a work platform. He fell back on his lanyard and his upper arm was caught in a pinch point between the mast and the wind brace.

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