# Fractures at Helmerich and Payne Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032201` · 3/11/2024 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne Inc.
- **Location:** H&p Rig 264 drilling location, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew of employees was using a hoist to lift a drillable sub on the rig floor. Single-joint elevators were placed on the sub before lifting. As the crew started to lift the sub, the sub struck the derrick leg, causing the single-joint elevators to open and the sub to drop approximately 1 1/2 feet, striking the injured employee in the right leg below the knee. The employee suffered two leg fractures.

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