# Fractures at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010028` · 1/1/2017 · TALOGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Outside Taloga, TALOGA, OKLAHOMA, 73667
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a rough terrain forklift truck to pivot a fork of another rough terrain forklift truck. The fork was tied to its carriage. When the fork was untied it came down and struck an employee standing near the truck and broke his leg near his ankle.

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