# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109521` · 10/13/2024 · ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
## Employer
- **Name:** Nabors Drilling Technologies USA Inc.
- **Location:** Hwy 85 & 83rd St NW, ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA, 58856
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting drilling slips in a wellbore. The drill pipe separated, moved within the wellbore, and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered head trauma.

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