# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211029` · 12/3/2023 · AVINGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** Rig 221, AVINGER, TEXAS, 75630
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with moving a 12-inch PVC pipe. The pipe shifted, pinching the employee's left index finger against a support post. The employee's finger was fractured.

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