# Crushing injuries at HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC
> OSHA SIR `2019032472` · 3/7/2019 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC
- **Location:** Rig 486, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were attempting to dislodge a flow line from a hand rail. The rail came loose and fell on the employee's thumb, crushing it.

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