# Fractures at Helmerich and Payne Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054307` · 5/15/2024 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne Inc.
- **Location:** Flea Flicker 2WA, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to loosen a hammer union. The employee's sledgehammer missed the hammer union causing him to lose his balance and fall on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist.

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