# Fractures at HardRock Directional Drilling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019065695` · 6/6/2019 · PORTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HardRock Directional Drilling, LLC
- **Location:** NuStar Drilling Location, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with removing the chain tongs from the drill string. The chain struck his finger and pinched it against the drill head. The employee was hospitalized with a broken finger. The employee was wearing impact gloves.

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