# Crushing injuries at Patterson UTI Drilling
> OSHA SIR `20231211216` · 12/8/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson UTI Drilling
- **Location:** Rig 880, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a string with a valve attached onto a shaker table when their hand was caught between the guardrail and valve. The employee's right thumb was crushed and required surgery.

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