# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065344` · 6/17/2024 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** Rig 286, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a rig floor while connected to a hoist line that was leaning against a derrick held up by a tugger. The tugger fell and a 5-foot sub pipe struck the employee's head, knocking him over. He stood up quickly and his head struck a catwalk trough. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a laceration behind their ear with an indented fracture.

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