# Cuts, lacerations at Orion Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021402` · 2/12/2017 · ASHERTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Orion Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** Galvan Ranch, ASHERTON, TEXAS, 78827
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a hydraulic catwalk when a 1-inch hydraulic line burst, causing high-pressure hydraulic fluid to release and lacerate the employee's left palm.

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