# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077110` · 7/14/2019 · ASHERTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 525, ASHERTON, TEXAS, 78827
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pipe rack and fell 3-4 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the T3 vertebra.

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