# Fractures at Cascade Drilling L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2023010056` · 1/3/2023 · BOTHELL, WASHINGTON
## 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:** Cascade Drilling L.P.
- **Location:** 22722 29th Drive SE Suite 228, BOTHELL, WASHINGTON, 98021
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee and his crew were performing drilling operations and just made a drill casing connection. While the drill operator was lowering the casing hammer and hose down to the casing, the employee was standing beside them guiding the hydraulic hoses with his left hand. When the operator lowered the casing hammer, the employee's right middle finger was contacted by the drill pin rod inside the casing rail, resulting in a compound fracture.

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