# Fractures at Helmerich & Payne IDC
> OSHA SIR `20161010154` · 10/28/2016 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne IDC
- **Location:** Rig #650, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 28, 2016, at approximately 6:00 AM, a PVC pipe got clogged causing mud to overflow from the shakers. An employee went down to unclog it and when he did, the PVC pipe struck another employee, who was standing at the end of the pipe, on the neck. He was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with a fracture to the C6 vertebrae.

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