# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087792` · 8/23/2024 · RAY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 118th Ave NW & 66th St NW, RAY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58849
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee connected a pipe elevator to a drill string. The pipe elevator unlatched while the string was being lifted. The elevator struck the employee causing a fracture and dislocation to their right elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

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