# Fractures at Independence Contract Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2017076863` · 7/24/2017 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hinges
## Employer
- **Name:** Independence Contract Drilling
- **Location:** ICD Rig #205, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in mobilizing a rig when his right thumb was smashed, fractured, and lacerated between two metal pieces weighing about 30 to 40 pounds each. He was hospitalized.

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