# Fractures at Stoneham Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2024043008` · 4/5/2024 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Stoneham Drilling
- **Location:** Rig 5, Stoneham Drilling, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting a piece of equipment and pushing a stabilizer pipe out a gate/door. The pipe was lowered. This caused the hoist to lose tension, and the pipe pinned the employee against other, stationary pipes. The employee sustained a broken jaw.

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