# Fractures at Unit Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2017076693` · 7/19/2017 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Unit Drilling Company
- **Location:** Cope 82-8127HA, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While tripping in the hole, an employee stepped on a rotary table to grab a stand of drill pipe. His left leg went out from underneath him and he fell, fracturing his right tibia and fibula.

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