# Fractures and dislocations at Unit Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `20181011125` · 10/29/2018 · DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Unit Drilling Company
- **Location:** Prairie Del Bale 1-34HW, DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA, 73533
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a derrick, making a connection. The employee's right thumb was caught and crushed between the drill pipe and the elevator, suffering an open fracture/dislocation.

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