# Fractures at Thorfinnson-Brown Drilling Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021896` · 2/28/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** Thorfinnson-Brown Drilling Inc.
- **Location:** Green Valley Ranch and Tower Road, DENVER, COLORADO, 80210
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were drilling holes to obtain geotechnical soil samples on a cold day. An employee's jacket was caught in the auger, pulling him into the auger and breaking his ribs and arm.

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