# Fractures at ROBINSON DRILLING OF TEXAS, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2024076378` · 7/15/2024 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ROBINSON DRILLING OF TEXAS, LTD
- **Location:** Rig 11, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79721
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging down a derrick. The board he was standing on shifted, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground about 8 feet below. He suffered a broken left ankle.

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