# Fractures at PATTERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010235` · 10/3/2018 · MIDKIFF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PATTERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY LLC
- **Location:** Rig 252, MIDKIFF, TEXAS, 79755
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving an oil platform when he lost his balance while stepping over a centrifugal pump. He slipped off the skid to the ground about 6 inches below, twisting his ankle and suffering a broken fibula. He was hospitalized.

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