# Fractures at Helmerich and Payne Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2023021276` · 2/9/2023 · LINDSAY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne Drilling
- **Location:** CLARENCE 0204 2H-11X - Well Pad, LINDSAY, OKLAHOMA, 73052
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving casing from the rack to the casing handling system on the rig. The tiering arm scoped out too far and came apart, causing a piece of casing to fall on the employee's leg. They sustained a broken right tibia.

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