# Fractures at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076151` · 7/9/2024 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.
- **Location:** 128th Ave NW & 46th St NW, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tubulars from a mousehole but the slips did not release from the tubular until it was raised. When the slips released, they slid down the tubular and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a back injury, a head laceration, and a fractured rib.

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