# Fractures at NorAm Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2024032598` · 3/22/2024 · STANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NorAm Drilling Company
- **Location:** Panamint S #11MS, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a mud pump when a hammer struck his mouth. He suffered a possible broken jaw and some broken teeth.

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