# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Unit Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2017065551` · 6/16/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Unit Drilling Company
- **Location:** Drilling Rig #410, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpinning a stand pipe to reposition it when his knee was trapped between the stand pipe and a substructure, causing soft tissue damage.

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