# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087644` · 8/21/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** 10713 West Sam Houston Pkwy N, Suite #800, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing an 8-inch beam into a structure that was suspended by a forklift. The beam shifted and slide out of the sling, striking the employee. They sustained fractures to the right lower leg and ribs.

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