# Cuts, lacerations at Pacesetter Drilling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054923` · 5/31/2017 · MIDKIFF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacesetter Drilling LLC
- **Location:** Rig #3, Section 19, block 38 T5S, 406, MIDKIFF, TEXAS, 79755
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the threads on a 6-inch hammer union when he lacerated his right middle finger, requiring stitches. The laceration was infected and required hospitalization.

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