# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Energy Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2017109567` · 10/5/2017 · CALDWELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Energy Drilling Company
- **Location:** Energy Drilling Company Rig 11, CALDWELL, TEXAS, 77836
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unstring a drill line when the drill line became hung up in the fast line. The drill line then came free, striking and lacerating the employee's right thigh.

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