# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021109084` · 10/21/2021 · JACOBSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
- **Location:** Rig 296 [39.933907, -80.923051], JACOBSBURG, OHIO, 43933
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unscrewing and separating a connection of a drill pipe when drilling mud sprayed out of the connection, causing the employee to fall backward and strike his face on a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a laceration on his lip and a facial fracture.

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