# Fractures at Ensign Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2023010170` · 1/6/2023 · CATARINA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Ensign Energy Services
- **Location:** Ensign Rig 776 Pad, CATARINA, TEXAS, 78836
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was pinning two cross braces between substructure beams. As the outer cross brace was being pinned, the inner brace (6-inch square tubing, weighing 524 pounds) fell from the transport bracket, catching the employee's finger between the brace and the frame. The employee sustained a left index finger fracture.

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