# Fractures at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111225` · 11/23/2017 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
- **Location:** Rig X25 12 Miles North of Watford, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tripping out pipes when a pipe swung and crushed his right arm between two hanging pipes. His arm broke.

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