# Fractures at Patterson UTI Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2017010200` · 1/8/2017 · BELFIELD, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson UTI Drilling
- **Location:** 2 Miles North & 1 Mile East on 34th Street, BELFIELD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58622
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a rigid metal flow line from a parts basket when the flow line shifted and fell on the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.

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