# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065315` · 6/10/2017 · ORLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 220, ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost his balance while working on an elevated surface that was approximately 24 inches from the ground, fell and broke his arm.

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