# Fractures at Helmerich & Payne
> OSHA SIR `2022032876` · 3/31/2022 · STANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne
- **Location:** Midland Rig 439, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating hydraulic tongs during operations to remove a drill pipe from an oil and gas well. A 5 1/2-inch tubular struck the employee's right hip. He suffered non-displaced fractures to the pelvis, a rib, and the right ulna; as well as lacerations above his right eye and on the top of his head.

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