# Fractures at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099098` · 9/4/2018 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Well Site - CC331HM, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79765
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pinning the center section of a mast on a drilling rig when the pin was forced out of the pad eye connection and struck the employee on the right side of face, breaking bones.

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