# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Fossil Drilling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023088023` · 8/30/2023 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fossil Drilling, Inc.
- **Location:** CHS, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67460
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been waiting for tubing to be lowered. The swage came loose and dropped along with the tubing (approximately 31-feet long). It fell 60 feet to the ground, then tipped over and struck the employee's head. The employee was knocked out and sustained a concussion, a broken nose, and lacerations to the head.

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