# Fractures at Cyclone Drilling Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032181` · 3/11/2024 · KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Rotary system equipment
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cyclone Drilling Inc.
- **Location:** at or near 113 Avenue SW, KILLDEER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58640
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling drill line from the drill spool while the top drive was not set on the docking pins. The deadman was unexpectedly released which caused the top drive to fall to the drill floor from a height of 30 feet. This caused the drill line that was being pulled out and laid on the ground to retract and strike an employee. The employee suffered fractures to his legs and neck.

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