# Fractures at River and Roads Directional Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2019055298` · 5/25/2019 · SONORA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** River and Roads Directional Drilling
- **Location:** RM 1989, SONORA, TEXAS, 76950
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a mud motor on the directional drilling rig. To make sure the motor was aligned, the employee did a bump test with a wrench. The wrench then swung and hit the employee in the hard hat, causing a small fracture to the head and slight bruising.

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