# Fractures at Superior Energy Well Services Division
> OSHA SIR `2017099082` · 9/21/2017 · EL INDIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Energy Well Services Division
- **Location:** 2 miles from El Indio, EL INDIO, TEXAS, 78860
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to latch an elevator on a turbine. The elevator did not latch properly and opened/came off the joint turbine. When the employee tried to re-align the turbine, his thumb was caught and fractured between the turbine and the elevator.

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