# Fractures at Helmerich and Payne Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109869` · 10/23/2024 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne Inc.
- **Location:** Helmerich & Payne Drilling Rig 396, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a bolt on the kicker (moveable object) on the driller side of the PDS (stationary object) control box on the rig floor. The kicker came down on his right hand, catching it between the kicker and the trough. The employee sustained fractures to his thumb and index finger, as well as lacerations to the top and bottom of his hand.

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