# Fractures at Ensign US Southern Drilling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076428` · 7/16/2024 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ensign US Southern Drilling LLC
- **Location:** 11318 West CR 60, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79707
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting 75-foot long pipes in a rack. A joint pipe struck both of the employee's hands, breaking the right radius and ulna and lacerating the left middle finger.

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