# Fractures at Florida Design Drilling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076787` · 7/27/2023 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Design Drilling LLC
- **Location:** 9700 SW 344th Street, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33035
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a water well drilling rig when the handle on the drill pipe slip rotated and struck his left leg, fracturing the femur.

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